# US 12,762,256 B2 · System and methods for using cipher objects to protect data > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,762,256 B2 - Document ID: US12762256B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/619,293 - Filed: 2024-03-28 - Published: 2024-07-18 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-09 - Assignees: Sertainty Corporation - Applicants: Sertainty Corporation - Inventors: Gregory Scott Smith; Melani Leigh Smith Weed; Behzad Nadji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12762256B2 ## CPC - G06F 21/604: {Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems} - G06F 21/606: {by securing the transmission between two devices or processes} - H04L 63/104: {Grouping of entities} - H04L 63/20: {for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227)} - H04W 4/185: {by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging} - G06F 2221/2107: File encryption - G06F 2221/2141: Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices - H04L 63/0428: {wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Systems, methods, and devices configured to build and utilize an intelligent cipher transfer object are provided. The intelligent cipher transfer object includes a set of participants protected by cloaking patterns. A portable dynamic rule set, which includes executable code for managing access to the protected set of participants, is included within the intelligent cipher transfer object. For a given user, the intelligent cipher transfer object may provide access to some of the participants while preventing access to other participants, based on the portable dynamic rule set therein. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for transmitting digitally secured data, comprising: constructing a computer-based intelligent cipher transfer object (ICTO) using a first computing device, wherein the ICTO is a self-contained data object comprising a portable dynamic rule set; wherein constructing the ICTO comprises: determining a cloaking pattern for each participant of the ICTO; and cloaking each participant using the determined cloaking pattern; and transmitting the computer-based ICTO to a second computing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the ICTO comprises a set of the digitally secured data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising activating, through the second computing device, the ICTO. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising submitting, by the second computing device, a request to access data of the ICTO. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising verifying, by the ICTO, an identity of a second user of the second computing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, by the ICTO, at least two different cloaking patterns. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising de-cloaking, by the ICTO, the one or more cloaking patterns to allow access to the protected data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing access, by the ICTO, to a user for a given time period. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying a first user of an access attempt of the ICTO from another user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the ICTO includes a first data set and a second data set. ### Claim 11 A system for transmitting digitally secured data, comprising: a first computing device configured to construct a computer-based intelligent cipher transfer object (ICTO), wherein the ICTO is a self-contained data object comprising a portable dynamic rule set, wherein the first computing device is configured to, when constructing the ICTO: determine a cloaking pattern for each participant of the ICTO; and cloak each participant using the determined cloaking pattern; and a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is configured to transmit the ICTO to the second computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first computing device transmits the ICTO to the second computing device over a trusted service. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the ICTO comprises a set of digitally secured data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein a user submits a request to access data of the ICTO through the second computing device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the ICTO is programmed to verify an identity of the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the ICTO is programmed to determine at least two different cloaking patterns. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the ICTO is further programmed to de-cloak the one or more cloaking patterns to allow access to the protected data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the ICTO is programmed to provide access to a user for a period of time. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the ICTO includes a first set of data and a second set of data. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the ICTO is programmed to allow access to the first set of data while preventing access to the second set of data.