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

A wireless portable computing device for acquiring information from an external source to be transmitted to a remote receiving facility over a wireless network and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

• a capture device for being initiated by a user to capture information from the external source as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance;
• a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with user information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such user information, which user information uniquely identifies the user;
• a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the user information to the receiving facility;
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• an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the receiving facility.

A wireless portable computing device for acquiring information to be transmitted to a remote receiving facility over a wireless network and for transmitting such thereto, comprising:

• a capture device for being initiated by a user to capture information as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance;
• a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with user information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a receiving facility requiring such user information;
• a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the user information to the receiving facility;
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• an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the receiving facility.