Methods and Systems for Exchanging Private Messages

• US 20150373021A1
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kevin Alan Tussy
• Original Assignee: Kevin Alan Tussy
• Inventors: Tussy, Kevin Alan
• Granted Patent: US 9,853,926 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload

Abstract

A method and server are provided for sending a secure message from a first computing device to a second computing device. A first computing device sends an encrypted, secure message a message server. The message server processes the secure message to unencrypt and separate the secure message contents into two or more separately downloadable message parts. The server sends a complex link to the second computing device, or sends a complex link to the first computing device for sending to the second computing device. When the complex link is selected by a user of the second computing device the server transmits a first part of the message to the second computing device. After transmitting the first part, the server then separately transmits a second part of the message to the second computing device.

Claims

1. A method for sending a secure message from a first electronic computing device to a second electronic computing device, the method comprising:

receiving at a message server encrypted input that was entered via an input device of the first computing device and encrypted by the first computing device, the input including address information of the second computing device and contents of the secure message to be sent to the second computing device;

processing with a processor executing machine readable code, at the message server, the secure message contents to unencrypt the secure message contents and separate the secure message contents into at least a first message part and a second message part, the first message part and a second message part established as first downloadable content and second downloadable content;

generating a complex link at the message server, the complex link associated with the secure message content;

sending the complex link to the second computing device;

responsive to the complex link being selected by a user of the second computing device, transmitting from the message server the first downloadable content of the separately downloadable content to the second computing device, the first downloadable content comprising the first message part;

after transmitting the first downloadable content, transmitting from the message server the second downloadable content to the second computing device, the second downloadable content comprising the second message part.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second downloadable content is configured to overwrite the first downloadable content on the second computing device.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising transmitting via the message server a blank downloadable content after transmitting a last downloadable content, the blank downloadable content being configured to overwrite the last downloadable content.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message server transmits the complex link to the first computing device instead of the second computing device, and the first computing device then transmits the complex link to the second computing device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the complex link directs the second computing device to open a secure window of a web browser on the second computing device, and the first and second downloadable content are downloaded via the web browser.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising presenting the user of the second computing device an option to initiate a secure chat in the secure window of the web browser to respond to the secure message.

7. A system for sending secure messages, the system comprising:

a processor,

one or more transceivers configured to send and receive information through one or more networks,

and one or more memories including a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium, the one or more memories storing machine readable instructions, which when executed by the processor, perform the following steps;

receive message input, from the one or more transceivers, the message input including address information of a message recipient and contents of a message to be sent to the message recipient;

process the message input to separate the contents of the message into at least a first message part and a second message part, the first message part established as first downloadable content and the second message part established as second downloadable content;

generate a link, the link associated with the message input;

send the link to the message recipient using the one or more transceivers;

responsive to receiving a request for the contents of the message by the message recipient using the link, transmit, using the one or more transceivers, the first downloadable content to the message recipient, the first downloadable content including the first message part;

after transmitting the first downloadable content, transmit the second downloadable content to the message recipient, the second downloadable content including the second message part.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system transmits the second downloadable message content to the message recipient at a predetermined time after transmitting the first downloadable message content.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system stores the message input for a predetermined time period and then deletes the message input from the system.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system stores the message input until accessed by the message recipient.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein the system is configured to host a secure chat.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the message content is or includes and image file.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the system configures a width of the image file to be greater than a resolution width of a screen so that only a portion of an image stored in the image file is viewable on the screen.

14. The system according to claim 7, wherein the link includes a random numeric code that is unique to the link.

15. A computer-readable medium including non-transitory code that, when executed, causes an apparatus to:

receive a private message from a first electronic device, the private message including message content and an second device address, the second device address associated with a second electronic device;

process the private message to separate the message content into at least a first message part and a second message part;

transmit the first message part to the second device using the second device address;

after a period of time, send the second message part to the second electronic device using the second device address, wherein the sending of the second message part overwrites or delete the first message part on the second electronic device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable medium is a memory and the instructions are software code.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the private message is encrypted when received and the non-transitory code is further configured to decrypt the private message after receipt.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein computer-readable medium is configured to send a link to the second electronic device prior to sending the first message part, the link, when accessed by the second electronic device, sending a request from the second electronic device to the computer-readable medium to send the first message part and then the second message part.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the link is active for a set period of time, after which the link is inactive.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, further comprising non-transitory code configured to initiate a web based chat session between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.