Secure messaging

• US 8,799,642 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2012
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: First Principals, Inc.
• Original Assignee: First Principals, Inc.
• Inventors: Raniere, Keith A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Powers, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sanders, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US13/482,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20120239925A1
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 713/153
• US Class Current: 713/153
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0478 applying multiple layers of encryption, e.g. nested tunnels or encrypting the content with a first key and then with at least a second key cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14

Abstract

A method for secure communication of a message. The method includes providing a message including a plurality of message packets, providing a nodal network including a plurality of nodes, where nodal operations are capable of execution on the message packets at the nodes, gaining, by a first node of the network, a first message packet, processing the first message packet by the first node, relinquishing the first message packet as processed by the first node, gaining, by any other node of the network, at least one other message packet, processing the other message packet by the other node, relinquishing the other message packet as processed by the other node, receiving, by a message destination node of the network, a first message packet, receiving, by the message destination node, at least a second message packet, and processing the first message packet and the second message packet to provide a reproduced message.

Claims

1. A method for secure communication of a message, comprising:

providing a message on an Internet readable medium;

providing a nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes and a message destination node, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on a first message packet and a second message packet at said plurality of nodes;

processing, by at least one of the plurality of nodes, the first message packet and the second message packet;

transmitting, by the at least one of the plurality of nodes, a first processed message packet and a second processed message packet to other nodes of the plurality of nodes and a message destination node, wherein the first processed message packet sent to the other nodes is a first decoy message having the same content as the first processed message packet, and the second processed message packet sent to the other nodes is a second decoy message having the same content as the second processed message packet;

killing the first decoy message and the second decoy message at the other nodes;

processing, by the message destination node, the first processed message packet and the second processed message packet to provide a reproduced message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein processing comprises executing at least one nodal operation, wherein nodal operations comprise:

encrypting, decrypting, copying, dividing, combining, adding, deleting, no action, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a test on the reproduced message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message packet and the second message packet consist of N message packets.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first message packet has content expressed in a first modality, and wherein the second message packet has content expressed in a second modality that differs from the first modality further wherein the modality is selected from the group consisting of a text modality, a visual modality, and an audio modality.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the nodal network comprises a first network selected from the group consisting of an Internet nodal network, a postal nodal network, a parcel nodal network, a wireless nodal network, a vehicle communication network, an animal communication system, a multimedia nodal network, and combinations thereof, and wherein the first network comprises the plurality of nodes.

7. A nodal network for secure communication of a message, said nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes, said message including a first message packet and a second message packet, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on said message packets at said plurality of nodes, said plurality of nodes comprising a at least one node, said at least one node configured to gain the first message packet and the second message packet as encrypted, process the first message packet, transmit a first processed message packet to other nodes and a message destination node, wherein the first processed message packet sent to the other nodes is a first dummy message packet, kill the first dummy message packet, transmit a second processed packet to other nodes and the message destination node, wherein the second processed message packet is a second dummy message packet, kill the second dummy message packet, wherein message destination node reproduces the message after processing the first processed message packet and the second message packet.

8. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein to gain the first message by the at least one node comprises to generate the first message packet by the at least one node and to encrypt the first message packet by the at least one node or to receive, by the at least one node, the first message packet as encrypted.

9. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein to process the first message packet by the at least one node comprises the execution of at least one nodal operation, wherein nodal operations comprise:

to divide the first message packet by the at least one node into at least two smaller message packets;

to add message content to the first message packet by the at least one node, which increases the size of the first message packet;

to delete message content from the first message packet by the at least one node, which decreases the size of the first message packet; and

to decrypt the first message packet by the at least one node.

10. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein to gain the first message packet by the at least one node comprises to receive the first message packet by the at least one node or to generate the first message packet by the at least one node and to encrypt the first message packet by the at least one node.

11. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein to gain the first message packet by the at least one node comprises to gain by the at least one node the first message packet as singly encrypted, and wherein to process the first message packet by the at least one node comprises to encrypt the first message packet by the at least one node, resulting in formation of the first message packet as doubly encrypted.

12. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein the at least one node is further adapted to gain at least one other message packet as encrypted and to process the at least one other message packet.

13. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein the first message packet and the second message packet consist of N message packets.

14. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein to process the first message packet by the at least one node and to process the second message packet by the at least one node collectively comprises:

to decrypt by the at least one node the first message packet and the second message packet; and

to synthesize by the at least one node the decrypted message packets to generate the message.

15. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein the first message packet has content expressed in a first modality, and wherein the second message packet has content expressed in a second modality that differs from the first modality, further wherein modality is selected from the group consisting of a text modality, a visual modality, and an audio modality.

16. The nodal network of claim 7, wherein the nodal network comprises a first network selected from the group consisting of an Internet nodal network, a postal nodal network, a parcel nodal network, a wireless nodal network, a vehicle communication network, an animal communication system, a multimedia nodal network, and combinations thereof, and wherein the first network comprises the plurality of nodes.

17. A method for secure communication of a message on an Internet readable medium, the method comprising:

providing a true message on an Internet readable medium, the true message comprising a plurality of message packets, the plurality of message packets including at least a first true message packet and a second true message packet;

providing a dummy message on the Internet readable medium, the dummy message comprising a plurality of dummy message packets, the plurality of dummy message packets including at least a first dummy message packet and a second dummy message packet;

providing a nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes and a message destination node, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on said message packets;

processing, by at least one of the plurality of nodes, the first true message packet and the second true message packet;

transmitting, by the at least one of the plurality of nodes, a first processed true message packet and a second true processed message packet to other nodes of the plurality of nodes and a message destination node, wherein the first processed true message packet sent to the other nodes is a first dummy message having different content as the first processed true message packet, and the second processed true message packet sent to the other nodes is a second dummy message having different content as the second processed true message packet;

killing the first dummy message and the second dummy message at the other nodes;

processing, by the message destination node, the first processed true message packet and the second true processed message packet to provide a reproduced message.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first true message is encrypted and wherein processing the first true message includes decrypting the first true message.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein processing the first true message comprises executing at least one nodal operation, wherein nodal operations comprise:

reading the first true message;

transmitting the first true message, and killing the first true message.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the nodal network comprises a first network selected from the group consisting of an Internet nodal network, a postal nodal network, a parcel nodal network, a wireless nodal network, a vehicle communication network, an animal communication system, a multimedia nodal network, and combinations thereof, and wherein the first network comprises the plurality of nodes.

21. A method for secure communication of a message, comprising:

providing a message on an Internet readable medium;

providing a nodal network comprising a plurality of nodes and a message destination node, wherein the plurality of nodes are at least one of a computer and electrical component that execute nodal operations, the nodal operations being capable of execution on a first message packet and a second message packet at said plurality of nodes;

processing, by at least one of the plurality of nodes, the first message packet and the second message packet;

transmitting, by the at least one of the plurality of nodes, a first processed message packet and a second processed message packet to other nodes of the plurality of nodes and a message destination node, wherein the first processed message packet sent to the other nodes is a first decoy message having the same content as the first processed message packet, and the second processed message packet sent to the other nodes is a second decoy message having the same content as the second processed message packet;

killing the first decoy message and the second decoy message at the other nodes;

processing, by the message destination node, the first processed message packet and the second processed message packet to provide a reproduced message;

wherein the first message packet has content expressed in a first modality, and wherein the second message packet has content expressed in a second modality that differs from the first modality further wherein the modality is selected from the group consisting of a text modality, a visual modality, and an audio modality.