SECURE MOBILE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110151903A1
• Filed: 02/17/2011
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CellTrust Corporation
• Original Assignee: CellTrust Corporation
• Inventors: Moshir, Sean, Shafiezadeh, Houman, Moshir, Kevin K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,154,612 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/552 involving long-term monitoring or reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6263 during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2107 File encryption
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2119 Authenticating web pages, e.g. with suspicious links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/053 remote terminal provisioning, e.g. of applets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/105 Financial transactions and auctions, e.g. bidding auctioneering devices in packet switching networks H04L12/1804
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/387 using subscriber identification cards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 : Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0078 : Security; Fraud detection; Fraud prevention
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Information or items that otherwise might be carried in a person'"'"'s wallet or purse may be managed and stored on a mobile phone. Embodiments include a software application loaded on a mobile phone and an Internet website through which certain information can be transmitted to the phone by the user, third parties, or both. A user may be alerted to certain information or changes in information that meet certain criteria. The website may provide secure storage for information, filter information, and send encrypted and compressed nuggets or fractions of information to the phone for storage based on topic. E-mails may be searched for information, information may be sent to different parties, and signals may be sent locally to exchange information. Personal information may include account information or travel information, for example.

Claims

1. A system of managing personal information for one or more users, each user having a mobile phone operating on a mobile phone network, the system comprising:

at least one first software module operating on at least one server

wherein the first software module encrypts a short message service (SMS) communication and sends the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication to the first mobile phone of the first user.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first mobile phone is configured to decrypt the short message service (SMS) communication from the server.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein a second software module operating independently on the first mobile phone is configured to decrypt the short message service (SMS) communication from the server.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein a second software module operating independently on at least the first mobile phone of the first user is configured to communicate with the first software module in a secure manner using secure short message service (SMS) communication in the form of an encrypted short message service (SMS) communication.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the short message service (SMS) communication is a short message service (SMS) message or a short message service (SMS) text message.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication is stored on the first mobile phone.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the first mobile phone decrypts the short message service (SMS) communication and stores the decrypted short message service (SMS) communication on the first mobile phone.

8. A system of managing personal information for one or more users, each user having a mobile phone operating on a mobile phone network, the system comprising:

at least one server, and

a second software module operating independently on at least the first mobile phone of the first user wherein the second software module is configured to encrypt a short message service (SMS) communication and send the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication to the server, wherein the server is configured to decrypt the short message service (SMS) communication from the first mobile phone.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the server is configured to send the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication from the first mobile phone to a second mobile phone.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the server is configured to send the decrypted short message service (SMS) communication from the first mobile phone to a second mobile phone.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the server is configured to:

receive the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication from the second software module,

encrypt the decrypted short message service (SMS) communication, and

send the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication to a second mobile phone.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the short message service (SMS) communication is a short message service (SMS) message or a short message service (SMS) text message.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication is stored on the server.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein the server decrypts the short message service (SMS) communication and stores the decrypted short message service (SMS) communication on the server.

15. A method of managing personal information for one or more users, each user having a mobile phone operating on a mobile phone network, the method comprising in any order at least:

encrypting a short message service (SMS) communication at a server; and

sending the encrypted short message service (SMS) communication from the server to the first mobile phone of the first user.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising decrypting the short message service (SMS) communication from the server at the first mobile phone.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising operating a second software module independently on the first mobile phone and the second software module decrypting the short message service (SMS) communication from the server.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising operating a second software module independently on the first mobile phone and the second software module communicating with the server in a secure manner using secure short message service (SMS) communication in the form of an encrypted short message service (SMS) communication.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the short message service (SMS) communication is a short message service (SMS) message or a short message service (SMS) text message.