US 9,154,612 B2Granted

Secure mobile information management system and method

AssigneeCellTrust Corporation

InventorsKevin K Moshir, Sean Moshir, Hournan Shafiezadeh

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Abstract

Information or items that otherwise might be carried in a person's wallet or purse may be managed and stored on a mobile phone. Embodiments include a software application loaded on a mobile phone and an Internet website through which certain information can be transmitted to the phone by the user, third parties, or both. A user may be alerted to certain information or changes in information that meet certain criteria. The website may provide secure storage for information, filter information, and send encrypted and compressed nuggets or fractions of information to the phone for storage based on topic. E-mails may be searched for information, information may be sent to different parties, and signals may be sent locally to exchange information. Personal information may include account information or travel information, for example.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A system of managing information for one or more users, each user having a mobile phone operating on a mobile phone network, the system comprising:

at least one first software module operating on at least one server;
and
at least one second software module configured to run as an application on a first mobile device of at least one user, wherein the second software module has been downloaded to the first mobile device via a mobile phone network and is configured to communicate securely with a second mobile device through the first software module, wherein the first software module includes programming instructions to determine if the second mobile device has a copy of the second software module, and wherein the second software module includes programming instructions to:
receive at the first mobile device an incoming communication from the second mobile device via at least one of a mobile phone network and the Internet, wherein the incoming communication includes encrypted information;
send from the first mobile device an outgoing communication to the second mobile device via at least one of the mobile phone network and the Internet, wherein the outgoing communication includes encrypted information;
store on the first mobile device the encrypted information received at the first mobile device, so that the information may be later accessed by the user even when the first mobile device is not connected to a mobile phone network;
organize information stored on the first mobile device based on topic and making the information accessible to the user;
and
make the encrypted information accessible to the user on the first mobile device.

6 more elements

A method of managing information for a plurality of users using the Internet and mobile devices of the users, the method comprising:

providing a first software module for operating on at least one server;
upon instruction by a user of a mobile device, downloading a second software module to the mobile device through a mobile phone network wherein the second software module is configured to receive information from the first software module through at least one of the Internet and through the mobile phone network;
transmitting information to the mobile device through the mobile phone network for storage on the mobile device using the second software module on the mobile device so that the information may later be accessed by the user even when the mobile device is not connected to a mobile phone network;
and
using the second software module on the mobile device to organize the information based on topic and on making the information accessible to the user;
wherein the second software module includes instructions to:
allow the user to select at least a portion of the information that is stored on the mobile device,
select another mobile device to send the portion of the information, and
send the portion of the information to the other mobile device;
and
wherein the first software module includes instructions to:
evaluate whether the other mobile device includes a copy of the second software module, and
if the other mobile device includes a copy of the second software module, send the portion of the information to the copy of the second software module on the other mobile device through the mobile phone network.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/029,579Filed 17 Feb 2011 · continuation
Priority: 25 May 2006
Published: US 2011/0151903 A123 Jun 2011
Granted: 6 Oct 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification26 codes

H04W 4/14
Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements: short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
G06F 21/552
Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures: involving long-term monitoring or reporting
G06F 21/57
Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems: certifying or…
G06F 21/6218
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file…

Family

Application60/809,052Us provisional application · filed 25 May 2006
Application60/920,603Us provisional application · filed 29 Mar 2007
Application11/807,024Parent of this continuation · filed 25 May 2007
US 2011/0151903 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Jun 2011
US 7,920,851 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0293202 A1Published application
US 9,154,612 B2This patent

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