APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING SEARCHABLE INFORMATION, ENCRYPTION, TRANSMISSION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
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Abstract
A cell phone is disclosed for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto. A capture device captures information from an external source. A processor is provided for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that the representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information. The processor also places the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information. A transmitter transmits the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the receiving facility. An encryptor encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm to provide encrypted augmented captured information in the transmission with the subscriber information.
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7. A cell phone for acquiring information from an environment external to the cell phone to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting the acquired information thereto, comprising:
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a capture device for capturing the information from the external environment where the information is selected from the group consisting of a video segment, a still image and an audio segment, each of which varies in real time in the external environment and relative to time in the external environment prior to capture, and converting the information to time invariant information relative to time in the external environment for storage in a storage area as captured information; a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, wherein said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information; the processor further operable to; encrypt the augmented captured information as encrypted augmented captured information, add signature information to the encrypted augmented captured information to provide an identifiable encrypted file, wherein the signature information provides information to the receiving facility that allows identification of the party claiming to have created the captured information for later identification of the party, place the identifiable encrypted file including both the augmented captured information and the signature information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring the subscriber information; and a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said receiving facility in order to further process the augmented captured information at the receiving facility. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A cell phone for acquiring information from an environment external to the cell phone to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting the acquired information thereto, comprising:
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a capture device for capturing the information from the external environment where the information is selected from the group consisting of a video segment, a still image and an audio segment, each of which varies in real time in the external environment and relative to time in the external environment prior to capture, and converting the information to time invariant information relative to time in the external environment for storage in a storage area as captured information; a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, wherein said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information; the processor further operable to; encrypt the augmented captured information with a bottom layer of encryption as an encrypted file that provides a first level of encryption of the augmented captured information that is only accessible by a secret key of a party, add signature information to the encrypted augmented captured information at the bottom layer, wherein the signature information provides information to the receiving facility that allows identification of the party claiming to have created the captured information for later identification of the party, encrypt the combined encrypted augmented captured information and signature information with a top layer of encryption as an identifiable encrypted file wherein at least the first level of encryption utilizes a symmetrical encryption algorithm, place the identifiable encrypted file including both the encrypted augmented captured information and signature information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information facility in order to further process the augmented captured information at the receiving facility; and a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said receiving facility. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A cell phone for acquiring information from an environment external to the cell phone to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting the acquired information thereto, comprising:
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a capture device for capturing the information from the external environment where the information is selected from the group consisting of a video segment, a still image and an audio segment, each of which varies in real time in the external environment and relative to time in the external environment prior to capture, and converting the information to time invariant information relative to time in the external environment for storage in a storage area as captured information; a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, wherein said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information; the processor further operable to; encrypt the augmented captured information with a bottom layer of encryption as an encrypted file that provides a first level of encryption of the augmented captured information utilizing a symmetrical encryption algorithm, encrypt the bottom layer encrypted augmented captured information with a middle layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file that is only accessibly by a party possessing a secret key, add signature information to the two layer encrypted file, wherein the signature information provides information to the receiving facility that allows identification of the party claiming to have created the captured information for later identification of the party, encrypt the combined two layer encrypted file and signature information with a top layer of encryption to provide an identifiable encrypted file, place the identifiable encrypted file including both the encrypted augmented captured information and signature information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the encrypted augmented captured information to an email server requiring such subscriber information facility in order to further process the augmented captured information at the receiving facility; and a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said email server.
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