SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURELY TRANSMITING SENSITIVE INFORMATION

• US 20130194301A1
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Burn Note, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Burn Note, Inc.
• Inventors: ROBBINS, JACOB, ROBBINS, MOSES S.
• Application Number:
  US13/753,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194301A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages

Abstract

A system and method for securely transmitting information over a communications network comprises receiving a message notification that a recipient has a message on a recipient'"'"'s client device from a processor based server upon receipt of the message from a sender'"'"'s client device. The message from the sender'"'"'s client device is stored in a storage device by the server. The recipient accesses the server to view the message using the recipient'"'"'s client device. The message is rendered and displayed on the screen by the recipient'"'"'s client device in accordance with a display method selected by the sender of the message to present only a portion of the message at any given time to the recipient. The prevents the message from being recorded or captured.

Claims

1. A method for securely transmitting information over a communications network, comprising the steps of:

receiving a message notification that a recipient has a message on a recipient'"'"'s client device from a processor based server upon receipt and storage of the message from a sender'"'"'s client device in a storage device by the server over the communications network;

accessing the server to view the message by the recipient using the recipient'"'"'s client device over the communications network; and

rendering and displaying the message on the recipient'"'"'s client device in accordance with a display method selected by a sender of the message to present only a portion of the message at any given time to the recipient, thereby preventing recording or capture of the message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

retrieving from the server, the message with a message cover to entirely obscure the message when displayed by the recipient client device;

displaying the message cover on a screen of the recipient'"'"'s client device which entirely obscures the message; and

displaying a hole having a predetermined shape and size in the message cover, within proximity of an area of the screen tapped or clicked by the recipient, to reveal the portion of the message underneath the hole, thereby preventing others in proximity of the recipient from viewing the message displayed on the recipient'"'"'s client device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of moving the hole to reveal a different portion of the message by clicking or tapping a different area of the screen by the recipient.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of closing the hole to entirely obscure the message when the area of the screen tapped or clicked is released by the recipient.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of closing the hole to entirely obscure the message after predetermined period of time.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

converting the message into a set of partial images by the server, each partial image containing a portion of the message, when the recipient'"'"'s client device access the server to view the message;

generating a movie representative of the message by the server using the partial images as an individual movie frames;

storing the partial images and the movie in the storage device by the server; and

transmitting the movie representative of the message to the recipient'"'"'s client device, each individual frame of the movie representing a portion of the message, thereby displaying only a portion of the message at any given time to the recipient by the recipient'"'"'s client device to prevent recording or capture of the message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of converting the message comprises the steps of converting the message into an image of the message;

and generating the set of partial image by removing a series of horizontal or vertical strips from the image.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the message notification comprises the step of receiving a code to view the message on the server by the recipient using the recipient'"'"'s client device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of transmitting a delete notification to delete the message to the server when the message is displayed by the recipient'"'"'s client device;

and deleting the message from the recipient'"'"'s client device after a predetermined period of time.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of deleting the message from the server after a predetermined time;

and transmitting by the server the delete notification to all client devices with a copy of the message.

11. System for securely transmitting information over a communications network, comprising:

a plurality of processor based client devices for sending and receiving messages over the communications network, each client device is network enabled, associated with a user and comprises a screen to compose and display messages;

a processor based server for receiving and storing messages from the plurality of client devices in a storage device, and transmitting a message notification to a client device associated with a recipient of each message; and

wherein the client device associated with the recipient or the recipient'"'"'s client device accesses the server to view the message, renders and displays the message in accordance with a display method selected by a sender of the message to present only a portion of the message at any given time on the screen to the recipient, thereby preventing recording or capture of the message.

12. System of claim 11, wherein the recipient'"'"'s client device retrieves the message with a message cover;

displays the message with the message cover on the screen, the message cover entirely obscuring the message from being viewed by the recipient;

displays a hole having a predetermined shape and size in the message cover, within proximity of an area of the screen tapped or clicked by the recipient, to reveal the portion of the message underneath the hole, thereby preventing others in proximity of the recipient from viewing the message displayed on the screen.

13. System of claim 12, wherein the recipient'"'"'s client device moves the hole to reveal a different portion of the message in response to a different area of the screen tapped or clicked by the recipient.

14. System of claim 12, wherein the recipient'"'"'s client device closes the hole to entirely obscure the message when the area of the screen tapped or clicked is released by the recipient.

15. System of claim 12, wherein the recipient'"'"'s client device closes the hole to entirely obscure the message after predetermined period of time.

16. System of claim 11, wherein the server converts the message into a set of partial images when the recipient'"'"'s client device access the server to view the message, each partial image containing a portion of the message, generates a movie representative of the message by using the partial images as an individual movie frames, stores the partial images and the movie in the storage device, and transmits the movie representative of the message to the recipient'"'"'s client device, each individual frame representing a portion of the message;

and

wherein the recipient'"'"'s client device displays each individual frame of the movie on the screen so that only a portion of the message is presented at any given time to the recipient to prevent recording or capture of the message.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable code for securely transmitting information over a communications network, said computer executable code comprising instructions for:

receiving a message notification that a recipient has a message on a recipient'"'"'s client device from a processor based server upon receipt and storage of the message from a sender'"'"'s client device in a storage device by the server over the communications network;

accessing the server to view the message by the recipient using the recipient'"'"'s client device over the communications network; and

rendering and displaying the message on the recipient'"'"'s client device in accordance with a display method selected by a sender of the message to present only a portion of the message at any given time to the recipient, thereby preventing recording or capture of the message.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein said computer executable code further comprises instructions for:

retrieving from the server, the message with a message cover to entirely obscure the message when displayed by the recipient client device;

displaying the message cover on a screen of the recipient'"'"'s client device which entirely obscures the message; and

displaying a hole having a predetermined shape and size in the message cover, within proximity of an area of the screen tapped or clicked by the recipient, to reveal the portion of the message underneath the hole, thereby preventing others in proximity of the recipient from viewing the message displayed on the recipient'"'"'s client device.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein said computer executable code further comprises instructions for:

converting the message into a set of partial images by the server, each partial image containing a portion of the message, when the recipient'"'"'s client device access the server to view the message;

generating a movie representative of the message by the server using the partial images as an individual movie frames;

storing the partial images and the movie in the storage device by the server; and

transmitting the movie representative of the message to the recipient'"'"'s client device, each individual frame of the movie representing a portion of the message, thereby displaying only a portion of the message at any given time to the recipient by the recipient'"'"'s client device to prevent recording or capture of the message.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein said computer executable code further comprises instructions for converting the message into an image of the message;

and generating the set of partial image by removing a series of horizontal or vertical strips from the image.