Systems and methods for digital workflow and communication

• US 9,619,771 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2015
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Parsable, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Parsable, Inc.
• Inventors: Rao, Raghav, Bisroev, Peter, Erlich, Yan-David, Junee, Ryan Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Shin-Hon
• Application Number:
  US14/679,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06316 Sequencing of tasks or work
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/061 for key exchange, e.g. in peer-to-peer networks cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key agreement H04L9/0838
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0846 using time-dependent-passwords, e.g. periodically changing passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Systems and methods for authoring and performing procedural workflows, and engaging in multimedia communication, remote assistance, training, data entry, inventory management, authentication, and secure networking using a hands-free or substantially hands-free wearable digital device are described. In one implementation, a user logs into a secure network using existing credentials, and a Quick Response Code is generated to temporarily authorize the user'"'"'s wearable device within the secure network. In another implementation, information is encrypted and transferred between a computing device and a remote system, and the computing device is verified as being connected to a particular network and located within a particular geofence. In a further implementation, an interface for authoring a procedural workflow includes defining workflow steps based on selected primitives, and displaying rendered previews of the workflow as it would appear on different user devices.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:

encrypting information comprising a secret and a public key of the computing device using a public key of a remote system;

sending the encrypted information to the remote system;

receiving a response to the encrypted information from the remote system and decrypting the response using a private key of the computing device;

determining at a first time that the decrypted response matches the secret and based thereon;

verifying that the computing device is connected to a first network;

verifying that the computing device is located within a first geofence;

verifying that an environment of the computing device has not been altered in an unauthorized manner by determining whether the remote system is legitimate, wherein determining whether the remote system is legitimate comprises measuring data packet round trip time to determine whether a distance between the computing device and the remote system indicates that the computing device and the remote system are within a same geofence; and

determining at a second time following the first time that the computing device is not connected to the first network or is not within the first geofence, and based thereon, performing one or more of;

erasing application data stored on the computing device and erasing an application stored on the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that a location of the computing device has changed.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining at the second time further comprises determining that the computing device is connected to a second network wherein the second is not an approved network.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the secret is a random number.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the computing device is a wearable computing device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein verifying that the computing device is connected to a first network comprises verifying that a service set identifier (SSID) of a network that the computing device is connected to matches an SSID for the first network.

7. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices programmed to perform operations comprising;

encrypting information comprising a secret and a public key of the computing device using a public key of a remote system;

sending the encrypted information to the remote system;

receiving a response to the encrypted information from the remote system and decrypting the response using a private key of the computing device;

determining at a first time that the decrypted response matches the secret and based thereon;

verifying that the computing device is connected to a first network;

verifying that the computing device is located within a first geofence;

verifying that an environment of the computing device has not been altered in an unauthorized manner by determining whether the remote system is legitimate, wherein determining whether the remote system is legitimate comprises measuring data packet round trip times to determine whether a distance between the computing device and the remote system indicates that the computing device and the remote system are within a same geofence; and

determining at a second time following the first time that the computing device is not connected to the first network or is not within the first geofence, and based thereon, performing one or more of;

erasing application data stored on the computing device and erasing an application stored on the computing device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise determining that a location of the computing device has changed.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein determining at the second time further comprises determining that the computing device is connected to a second network wherein the second is not an approved network.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the secret is a random number.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein the computing device is a wearable computing device.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein verifying that the computing device is connected to a first network comprises verifying that a service set identifier (SSID) of a network that the computing device is connected to matches an SSID for the first network.