Method and system for secure exchange of messages
OwnerLi Shu, Dorothy C. Poppeinventors
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Abstract
The invention features an apparatus and method for transmitting a file. The apparatus includes a file splitter that splits the file into a plurality of message segments. Each message segment includes an address of the destination. The apparatus also includes a file encapsulator. The file encapsulator encapsulates at least one of the plurality of message segments. The encapsulation conceals the address of the destination during transmission of the at least one encapsulated message segment to one or more trusted nodes. The trusted nodes retransmit the message segments to the destination for reassembly of the file at the destination.
Claims16
An apparatus for transmitting a file, comprising:
- a file splitter that splits the file into a plurality of message segments, each message segment including an address of the destination;
- and
- a file encapsulator that encapsulates at least one of the plurality of message segments to conceal the address of the destination during transmission of at least one encapsulated message segment to one or more trusted nodes for retransmission by the one or more trusted nodes toward the destination for reassembly of the file at the destination.
A method of secure transmission of a file from a source to a destination, comprising the steps of:
- splitting the file into a plurality of message segments, each message segment including an address of the destination;
- encapsulating at least one of the plurality of message segments to conceal the address of the destination;
- transmitting at least one encapsulated message segment to one or more trusted nodes;
- and
- causing retransmission of the at least one of the plurality of message segments from the one or more trusted nodes toward the destination for reassembly of the file at the destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.