Secure message and file delivery
AssigneePrivacyDataSystems, LLC
InventorsStephen Errico, Steven Pfrenzinger
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing secure and certified electronic messages using a combination of biometric security, a separate and secure network and email infrastructure, email management processes, and the addition of text, audio and visual format options to sending emails messages. In an exemplary embodiment, a secure message and file delivery method includes biometrically authenticating a sender of an electronic message; receiving the electronic message through a secure connection to the sender; storing the electronic message, wherein the electronic message is encrypted prior to storing; notifying a recipient of the electronic message; and delivering the electronic message through a secure connection to the recipient.
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A secure message and file delivery method of delivering an electronic message from a sender to a recipient, the method comprising:
- registering a sender for biometric authentication, wherein registering comprises capturing a fingerprint scan of the sender and storing a private key in an authentication database responsive to the fingerprint scan;
- biometrically authenticating the sender, wherein authenticating comprises transmitting software code to a sender's device, scanning a fingerprint of the sender at the sender's device, creating a numerical index of the fingerprint to form a public key at the sender's device responsively to scanning the fingerprint, receiving the public key over a secure connection, and authenticating the public key with the private key in an authentication database;
- receiving an electronic message from the sender through a secure connection to the sender;
- storing the electronic message, wherein the electronic message is encrypted prior to storing;
- notifying a recipient of the electronic message;
- and
- delivering the electronic message through a secure connection to the recipient.
A secure message and file delivery system, comprising:
- a server comprising a network interface connected to the Internet, a data store comprising storage for electronic messages and software code, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- register users for biometric authentication, wherein registering comprises capturing a fingerprint scan of a user and storing a private key in an authentication database responsive to the fingerprint scan;
- biometrically authenticate users associated with the electronic messages;
- transmit and receive the electronic messages through secure connections over the Internet to the users associated with the electronic messages;
- and
- store the electronic messages with encryption in the data store,
- wherein to perform biometric authentication, the processor is configured to:
- send software code to a user's device, the software code comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the user's device, cause the user's device to scan a fingerprint of the user at the user's device, create a numerical index of the fingerprint responsive to the scanning a fingerprint to form a public key at the user's device, and transmit the public key;
- receive the public key over a secure connection;
- and
- authenticate the public key with a corresponding private key in the authentication database.
A system for secure message and file delivery, comprising:
- a server comprising a network interface connected to the Internet, a data store comprising storage for electronic messages and software code, and a processor configured to:
- provide authentication software to a user's device over the Internet, the authentication software comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the user's device, cause the user's device to scan the user's fingerprint, convert the scanned user's fingerprint to a numerical value, and transmit the numerical value as a public key over the Internet;
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- receive the public key transmitted by the user's device;
- match the public key to a private key;
- and
- provide access for the user to message and file delivery responsive to matching the public key to the private key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.