Apparatus and method for embedding searchable information, encryption, transmission, storage and retrieval

• US 9,159,113 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2014
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: MyPort IP, Inc. (MyPort Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MyPort Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Malone, Michael F., Murphy, Frederick J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sherali, Ishrat I
• Application Number:
  US14/175,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20140153721A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 382/100, 382/305, 713155-186
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/005 Robust watermarking, e.g. average attack or collusion attack resistant
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/608 Watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• 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 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/08 Key distribution or management, e.g. generation, sharing or updating, of cryptographic keys or passwords network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting key management in a packet data network H04L63/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0825 using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/14 using a plurality of keys or algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/302 involving the integer factorization problem, e.g. RSA or quadratic sieve [QS] schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3218 using proof of knowledge, e.g. Fiat-Shamir, GQ, Schnorr, ornon-interactive zero-knowledge proofs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3221 interactive zero-knowledge proofs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3239 involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3249 using RSA or related signature schemes, e.g. Rabin scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32272 : Encryption or ciphering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32277 : Compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 : Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 : of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3214 : of a date
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 : of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3233 : of authentication information, e.g. digital signature, watermark
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3235 : Checking or certification of the authentication information, e.g. by comparison with data stored independently
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 : Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 : Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3281 : Encryption; Ciphering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3283 : Compression

Abstract

A cell phone is disclosed for acquiring information to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto. A capture device captures information from an external source. A processor is provided for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information, such that the representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information. The processor also places the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information. A transmitter transmits the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the receiving facility. An encryptor encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm to provide encrypted augmented captured information in the transmission with the subscriber information.

Claims

1. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first source to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for being initiated by a user of the cell phone for capturing information from the first source;

a processor for processing the captured information to associate with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information proximate in time to the capture, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and for placing the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information;

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to said receiving facility; and

an encryptor for encrypting said augmented captured information;

wherein the encryptor encrypts the augmented captured information with a first encryption algorithm in a first layer to provide encrypted augmented captured information which is included in the transmission with the subscriber information transmitted by the transmitter in the transmission.

2. The cell phone of claim 1, wherein the encryptor further encrypts the first layer encrypted augmented captured information with a second layer of encryption utilizing a second encryption algorithm to provide the encrypted augmented information.

3. The cell phone of claim 2, wherein the second encryption algorithm is an asymmetrical encryption algorithm that utilizes a public key for encryption and a private key is required for decryption.

4. The cell phone of claim 3, wherein the processor adds identifying information to the first and second layer encrypted augmented information wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information and then further encrypts the first and second layer encrypted augmented information with the added identifying information with a third layer of encryption with an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide the encrypted augmented information.

5. The cell phone of claim 4, wherein the third layer asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key of a third party.

6. The cell phone of claim 4, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information.

7. The cell phone of claim 6, wherein the encryptor creates a hash corresponding to the augmented captured information and storing this hash value in association with the first layer encrypted augmented information prior to encryption with the second layer encryption operation such that decryption down to the first layer encrypted augmented information will allow recovery of the added hash value and processing of the first layer encrypted augmented information through a message digest algorithm will allow matching of the recovered and generated hash values.

8. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first source to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing information from the first source;

a processor for processing the captured information to associate with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information proximate in time to such capture, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and for placing the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information;

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to said receiving facility; and

an encryptor for encrypting said augmented captured information;

wherein the receiving facility comprises a secure server.

9. The cell phone of claim 8, wherein the secure server comprises an e-mail server.

10. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first source to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing information from the first source;

a processor for processing the captured information to associate with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information proximate in time to such capture, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and for placing the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information;

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to said receiving facility; and

an encryptor for encrypting said augmented captured information;

wherein the transmitter transmits the transmission to a receiving facility that restricts access thereto to only authorized individuals.

11. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first medium to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from the first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information proximate in time to such capture, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

the processor further operable to;

encrypt the augmented captured information as encrypted augmented captured information,

add identifying information to the encrypted augmented captured information to provide an identifiable encrypted file, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

place the identifiable encrypted file including the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said receiving facility.

12. The cell phone of claim 11, wherein the processor is operable to associate the captured information with a representation of location information representing the location of said capture device at the time of the capture of the information as augmented capture information.

13. The cell phone of claim 11, wherein the processor includes a geographical position and time-of-day determination (GPS) receiver for providing such location information.

14. The cell phone of claim 11, wherein the receiving facility is an email server.

15. The cell phone of claim 14, wherein the transmission is formatted for transmission to the email server.

16. The cell phone of claim 11, wherein the processor encrypts the augmented captured information with a symmetrical encryption algorithm in a first layer to provide the encrypted augmented captured information which is included in the transmission with the subscriber information transmitted by the transmitter in said transmission.

17. The cell phone of claim 16, and wherein the processor further encrypts the first layer encrypted augmented captured information with a second layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file, which has the identifiable information added thereto to provide the identifiable encrypted file.

18. The cell phone of claim 17, wherein the asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key for encryption and a private key is required for decryption.

19. The cell phone of claim 17, wherein the processor further encrypts identifiable encrypted file including the first and second layer encrypted augmented information with the added identifying information with a third layer of encryption with an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a three layer encrypted file for transmission in said transmission with the subscriber information.

20. The cell phone of claim 19, wherein the third layer asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key of a third party.

21. The cell phone of claim 19, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information.

22. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first medium to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from the first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information proximate in time to such capture, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

the processor further operable to;

encrypt the augmented captured information with a bottom layer of encryption as an encrypted file that provides a first level of encryption of the augmented captured information,

add identifying information to the encrypted augmented captured information at the bottom layer, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

encrypt the combined augmented captured information and identifying information with a top layer of encryption as an identifiable encrypted file wherein at least the bottom layer utilizes a symmetrical encryption algorithm,

place the identifiable encrypted file including the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said receiving facility.

23. The cell phone of claim 22, wherein the receiving facility is an email server.

24. The cell phone of claim 23, wherein the transmission is formatted for transmission to the email server.

25. The cell phone of claim 22, and wherein the processor further encrypts the bottom layer encrypted augmented captured information with a middle layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file, which has the identifiable information added thereto to provide the identifiable encrypted file.

26. The cell phone of claim 25, wherein the asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key for encryption and a private key is required for decryption.

27. The cell phone of claim 25, wherein top layer of encryption utilizes an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a three layer encrypted file for transmission in said transmission with the subscriber information.

28. The cell phone of claim 27, wherein the top layer asymmetrical encryption algorithm utilizes a public key of a third party.

29. The cell phone of claim 27, wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information.

30. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first medium to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from the first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information proximate in time to such capture, such that said representation of the date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

the processor further operable to;

encrypt the augmented captured information with a bottom layer of encryption as an encrypted file that provides a first level of encryption of the augmented captured information utilizing a symmetrical encryption algorithm,

encrypt the bottom layer encrypted augmented captured information with a middle layer of encryption utilizing an asymmetrical encryption algorithm to provide a two layer encrypted file,

add identifying information to the two layer encrypted file, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

encrypt the combined two layer encrypted file and identifying information with a top layer of encryption to provide an identifiable encrypted file,

place the identifiable encrypted file including the encrypted augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the encrypted augmented captured information to an email requiring such subscriber information and wherein the identifying information comprises the subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said email server.

31. A cell phone for acquiring information from a first medium to be transmitted to a receiving facility and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

a capture device for capturing the information from the first medium where information varies in real time and converting it to time invariant information in a second media;

a processor for associating with the captured information a representation of the date and time of the capture of the information in addition to location information of the capture device proximate in time to the capture of the information, such that said representation of the date and time information and location information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information;

the processor further operable to;

encrypt the augmented captured information as encrypted augmented captured information,

add identifying information to the encrypted augmented captured information to provide an identifiable encrypted file, wherein the identifying information identifies the party claiming to have created the augmented captured information for later identification of such,

place the identifiable encrypted file including the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the identifiable encrypted file including the identifiable encrypted file that includes the augmented captured information to an email server requiring such subscriber information, wherein the indentifying information comprises the subscriber information; and

a transmitter for transmitting said transmission including the identifiable encrypted file and the subscriber information to said email server.