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 information indicative of a message data and information indicative of a media element to be presented to a user;
encrypt the information indicative of the message data using an encryption key;
hide the encrypted information indicative of the message data within the information indicative of the media element;
provide for the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and the information indicative of the media element to be presented to the user;
receive authentication of an identity of the user;
extract the encrypted information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the media element,wherein the extraction is performed only after presenting the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and information indicative of the media element to the user and only after receiving the authentication of the identity of the user; and
decrypt the encrypted information indicative of the message data.
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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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21 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 information indicative of a message data and information indicative of a media element to be presented to a user; encrypt the information indicative of the message data using an encryption key; hide the encrypted information indicative of the message data within the information indicative of the media element; provide for the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and the information indicative of the media element to be presented to the user; receive authentication of an identity of the user; extract the encrypted information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the media element, wherein the extraction is performed only after presenting the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and information indicative of the media element to the user and only after receiving the authentication of the identity of the user; and decrypt the encrypted information indicative of the message data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method for providing an information dissemination service, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information indicative of a message data and information indicative of a media element to be presented to a user, wherein the receiving information indicative of a message data and information indicative of a media element is performed by at least one computer; encrypting the information indicative of the message data using an encryption key, wherein the encrypting is performed by at least one computer; hiding the encrypted information indicative of the message data within the information indicative of the media element, wherein the hiding is performed by at least one computer; providing for the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and the information indicative of the media element to be presented to the user; receiving authentication of an identity of the user; extracting the encrypted information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the media element, wherein the extraction is performed only after presenting the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and information indicative of the media element to the user and only after receiving the authentication of the identity of the user, wherein the extracting is performed by at least one computer; and decrypting the encrypted information indicative of the message data, wherein the decrypting is performed by at least one computer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. 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 information indicative of a message data and information indicative of a media element to be presented to a user; encrypt the information indicative of the message data using an encryption key; hide the encrypted information indicative of message data within the information indicative of the media element; receive a request from the user to view one of the information indicative of the media element or the information indicative of the message data; extract the encrypted information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the media element, wherein the extraction is performed only after presenting the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and the information indicative of the media element to the user and only after receiving the request from the user to view one of the information indicative of the media element or the information indicative of the message data; and decrypt the encrypted information indicative of the message data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method for providing an information dissemination service, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving information indicative of a message data and information indicative of a media element to be presented to a user; encrypting the information indicative of the message data using an encryption key; hiding the encrypted information indicative of message data within the information indicative of the media element; receiving a request from the user to view one of the information indicative of the media element or the information indicative of the message data; extracting the encrypted information indicative of the message data from the information indicative of the media element, wherein the extraction is performed only after presenting the combined encrypted information indicative of the message data and the information indicative of the media element to the user and only after receiving the request from the user to view one of the information indicative of the media element or the information indicative of the message data; and decrypting the encrypted information indicative of the message data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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