US 12,568,067 B2Granted

Secure and trusted data communication system

AssigneeFlexa Inc.

InventorsTrevor Filter, Zachary Kilgore, Tyler Robert Spalding

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Abstract

A method includes obtaining, by a secure data conveyance device of a data communication system, information pertaining to a data conveyance between a user computing device and a target computing entity. The data conveyance involves the user computing device providing data in a first format and the target computing entity accepting data in a second format. The information includes an amount of the data in the first format. The secure data conveyance device stores the data in the first format on behalf of the user computing device. The method further includes converting the amount of the data in the first format to an amount of data in the second format via a secure data conversion process where the amount of data in the second format is only usable by the target computing entity, and providing the amount of data in the second format to the user computing device.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A method comprises:

obtaining, by a secure data conveyance device of a data communication system, data in a first format from a user computing device via distributed ledger technology;
verifying, by the secure data conveyance device, certification of the data in the first format via the distributed ledger technology;
storing, by the secure data conveyance device, the data in the first format on behalf of the user computing device in a user computing device data repository;
providing, by the secure data conveyance device, a ghost image of the data in the first format for storage within the user computing device;
obtaining, by the secure data conveyance device, information pertaining to a data conveyance between the user computing device and a target computing entity, wherein the data conveyance involves the user computing device providing the data in the first format, wherein the information includes an amount of the data in the first format;
determining, by the secure data conveyance device, an off-chain data format usable only by the target computing entity;
data translating, by the secure data conveyance device, the amount of the data in the first format to a substantially equivalent amount of data in the off-chain data format;
providing, by the secure data conveyance device, the substantially equivalent amount of the data in the off-chain data format to the user computing device for the data conveyance;
obtaining, by the secure data conveyance device, confirmation of the data conveyance from the user computing device;
updating, by the secure data conveyance device, the user computing device data repository to reflect the data conveyance;
and
updating, by the secure data conveyance device, the ghost image of the data in the first format to reflect the data conveyance for storage within the user computing device.

9 more elements

A secure data conveyance device of a data communication system, the secure data conveyance device comprises:

memory;
an interface;
a processing module operably coupled to the memory and the interface, wherein the processing module is operable to:
obtain data in a first format from a user computing device via distributed ledger technology;
verify receipt of the data in the first format;
store the data in the first format on behalf of the user computing device in a user computing device data repository;
provide a ghost image of the data in the first format for storage within the user computing device;
obtain information pertaining to a data conveyance between the user computing device and a target computing entity, wherein the data conveyance involves the user computing device providing data in the first format, wherein the information includes an amount of the data in the first format;
determine an off-chain data format usable only by the target computing entity;
data translate the amount of the data in the first format to a substantially equivalent amount of the data in the off-chain data format;
provide the substantially equivalent amount of the data in the off-chain data format to the user computing device for the data conveyancethe target computing entity via the user computing device;
obtain confirmation of the data conveyance from the user computing device;
and
update the user computing device data repository to reflect the data conveyance.

11 more elements

A data communication system comprises:

a user computing device;
a target computing entity operable to store instructions for securely receiving data in an off-chain data format;
and
a secure data conveyance device operable to:
obtain the data in a first format from a user computing device via distributed ledger technology;
verify receipt of the data in the first format;
store the data in the first format on behalf of the user computing device in a user computing device data repository;
provide a ghost image of the data in the first format for storage within the user computing device;
obtain information pertaining to a data conveyance between the user computing device and a target computing entity, wherein the data conveyance involves the user computing device providing data in the first format, wherein the information includes an amount of the data in the first format;
determine the off-chain data format usable only by the target computing entity;
data translate the amount of the data in the first format to a substantially equivalent amount of the data in the off-chain data format;
provide the substantially equivalent amount of the data in the off-chain data format to the user computing device;
obtain confirmation of the data conveyance from the user computing device;
and
update the user computing device data repository to reflect the data conveyance.

12 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/815,520Filed 27 Jul 2022 · continuation
Priority: 17 May 2018
Published: US 2022/0368678 A117 Nov 2022
Granted: 3 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H04L 63/0428
For providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks: wherein the data content is protected, e.g.…
G06Q 20/065
Private payment circuits, e.g. involving electronic currency used among participants of a common payment scheme: using e-cash
G06Q 20/36
Characterised by the use of specific devices or networks: using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
G06Q 20/3829
Insuring higher security of transaction: involving key management

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Application62/672,652Us provisional application · filed 17 May 2018
Application16/376,911Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Apr 2019
US 2022/0368678 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Nov 2022
US 11,431,683 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0356638 A1Published application
US 12,568,067 B2This patent

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