Electronic evidence transfer
OwnerMathieu Nadeau, Francis Michaud +1inventors
InventorsMathieu Nadeau, Francis Michaud, Pierre-Olivier Veilleux
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Abstract
A method for transferring electronic evidence is provided. The law enforcement agencies can make efficient use of social media and other forms of public communications to make a public appeal for information on crimes and other investigations wherein the public appeals allow members of the public to easily submit information and/or media files from smartphones and other computers in a way that allows the submission to be linked to the public appeal (e.g. the specific case file or the attributes of the case file) so that the submission data can be found and accessed by law enforcement investigators.
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A method for transferring electronic evidence from a source computing device having a web browser and storing said electronic evidence over a data network to evidence data storage, the method comprising performing the following in said web browser:
- connecting to a file upload server associated with said evidence data storage;
- receiving input from a user to select a source evidence data file from storage of said source computing device;
- setting a file encryption key;
- sending a request to said file upload server to initiate a file upload;
- obtaining web content comprising web browser instructions for:
- in one thread of said web browser, encrypting using said file encryption key said source evidence data file to generate encrypted source evidence data and uploading said encrypted source evidence data to said file upload server for storing to said evidence data storage;
- in a thread of said web browser separate from the one thread, providing user interface functions, the user interface functions comprising presenting a file upload status;
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- sending an encrypted copy of said file encryption key to a key server associated with said evidence data storage.
A non-transitory computer readable memory storing instructions for a computer processor that when executed perform a method for transferring electronic evidence from a source computing device having a web browser and storing said electronic evidence over a data network to evidence data storage, the method comprising performing the following in said web browser:
- connecting to a file upload server associated with said evidence data storage;
- receiving input from a user to select a source evidence data file from storage of said source computing device;
- setting a file encryption key;
- sending a request to said file upload server to initiate a file upload;
- obtaining web content comprising web browser instructions for:
- in one thread of said web browser, encrypting using said file encryption key said source evidence data file to generate encrypted source evidence data and uploading said encrypted source evidence data to said file upload server for storing to said evidence data storage;
- in a thread of said web browser separate from the one thread, providing user interface functions, the user interface functions comprising presenting a file upload status;
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- sending an encrypted copy of said file encryption key to a key server associated with said evidence data storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.