System and method for secure and/or interactive dissemination of information
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for directing operation of at least one computer to provide an information dissemination service, wherein the program instructs the at least one computer to perform the following steps:
- receive a plurality of media elements and store the plurality of media elements in a computer database;
receive information indicative of message data to be presented to a user;
receive instructions selecting one of the plurality of media elements;
hide the information indicative of message data within information indicative of the selected media element;
receive authentication of an identity of the user, wherein the authentication is provided by the user;
present information indicative of the combined information indicative of message data and information indicative of the selected media element to the user;
extract the information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the selected media element only after presenting the information indicative of the combined information indicative of message data and the information indicative of the selected media element to the user and only after receiving authentication of the identity of the user.
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Abstract
An interactive information dissemination system includes a media server (210) for receiving a plurality of media elements and storing the media elements in a database. A sender client (200) enables a first user to identify message data, a recipient identifier, and a media element from the database of media elements. A recipient client (202) presents the media element to a second user associated with the recipient identifier. The recipient client (202) further presents the message data to the second user when the second user performs a predetermined action, such as submitting authentication information or requesting the message data, to receive the message data. The message data may be secured by requiring sender and recipient authentication, and by encoding the data using a private encoding key and data package identifier managed by a main server (206) and a key server (208).
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19 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for directing operation of at least one computer to provide an information dissemination service, wherein the program instructs the at least one computer to perform the following steps:
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receive a plurality of media elements and store the plurality of media elements in a computer database; receive information indicative of message data to be presented to a user; receive instructions selecting one of the plurality of media elements; hide the information indicative of message data within information indicative of the selected media element; receive authentication of an identity of the user, wherein the authentication is provided by the user; present information indicative of the combined information indicative of message data and information indicative of the selected media element to the user; extract the information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the selected media element only after presenting the information indicative of the combined information indicative of message data and the information indicative of the selected media element to the user and only after receiving authentication of the identity of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method for providing an information dissemination service, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving via a computer a plurality of media elements and storing the plurality of media elements in a computer database; receiving via a computer information indicative of message data to be presented to a user; receiving via a computer instructions selecting one of the plurality of media elements; hiding via a computer the information indicative of message data within information indicative of the selected media element; receiving authentication of an identity of the user, wherein the authentication is provided by the user; presenting via a computer information indicative of the combined information indicative of message data and information indicative of the selected media element to the user; extracting via a computer the information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the selected media element only after presenting the information indicative of the combined information indicative of message data and the information indicative of the selected media element to the user and only after receiving authentication of the identity of the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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