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Instant messaging private tags

  • US 8,006,093 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2009
  • Issued: 08/23/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for privatizing a message comprising:

  • a first parser for parsing the message for sensitive data; and

    an encryption engine configured to encrypt the sensitive data, encode the encrypted data in a data stream having a particular format, and tag the encoded data stream within the message;

    wherein tagging the encoded data stream includes generating private tags and inserting the private tags into the message to surround the encoded data stream, the private tags further comprising a name/value pair which identifies a decryption method to utilize in decrypting the sensitive data.

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