Granted Patent B2

US 9,961,144 · App. 14/951,157 · Granted May 1, 2018

Inventors: Gene Fein (Malibu, CA); Edward Merritt (Lenox, MA)

Assignee: CALLAHAN CELLULAR L.L.C.

H04L67/1097G06Q30/0269G06Q30/0271H04L63/0471H04L67/02H04L67/20H04L67/327

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. A method comprising:

without storing a data item on a fixed storage medium in a network of interconnected computer system nodes, the data item identified for constant routing within the network from node to node, the data item associated with a user account,

receiving, at a first node in the network, the data item;

receiving user account information based on the user account;

determining an address of a second node in the network available to receive the data item based on the user account information;

forwarding the data item to the second node in the network;

receiving a request to retrieve the data item being continuously forwarded in the network of interconnected computer system nodes; and

retrieving the data item from a node in response to the request to retrieve the data item, wherein retrieving the data item comprises:

matching the data item identified in the request at a central server using a unique code representing the data item entering a node;

sending a message to a node that is predicted to have the data item, the message instructing the node to forward the data item to a source system; and

sending a confirmation message to the central server that the data item has been forwarded to the source system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising periodically changing, via a central server in the network, an encryption scheme, wherein the data item is processed via the encryption scheme during the forwarding.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising changing, via the central server, the encryption scheme in response to a type of the data item or an owner of the data item.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the central server changes the encryption scheme based on the user account information.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the central server changes the encryption scheme based on the second node.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the encryption scheme is a simple conversion encryption scheme, network tools encryption scheme, non-key en/decryption scheme, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) encoding scheme, hash algorithm scheme, key en/decryption scheme, or time conversion encryption scheme.

7. A device comprising:

a digital processor configured to, without storing a data item on a fixed storage medium in a network of interconnected computer system nodes, the data item identified for constant routing within the network from node to node, the data item associated with a user account:

receive, via a first node in the network, the data item;

receive user account information based on the user account;

determine an address of a second node in the network available to receive the data item based on the user account information;

forward the data item to the second node in the network;

receive a request to retrieve the data item being continuously forwarded in the network of interconnected computer system nodes; and

retrieve the data item from a node in response to the request to retrieve the data item by:

matching the data item identified in the request using a unique code representing the data item entering a node;

sending a message to a node that is predicted to have the data item, the message instructing the node to forward the data item to a source system; and

receiving a confirmation message that the data item has been forwarded to the source system from the node.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the digital processor is further configured to identify an encryption scheme, wherein the data item is processed via the encryption scheme during the forwarding.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the digital processor is further configured to change the encryption scheme in response to a type of the data item or an owner of the data item.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the digital processor is further configured to change the encryption scheme based on the user account information.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the digital processor is further configured to change the encryption scheme based on the second node.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the encryption scheme is a simple conversion encryption scheme, network tools encryption scheme, non-key en/decryption scheme, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) encoding scheme, hash algorithm scheme, key en/decryption scheme, or time conversion encryption scheme.

13. A network comprising:

a group of interconnected computer system nodes, each node configured to:

without storing a data item on a fixed storage medium in the group of interconnected computer system nodes, the data item identified for constant routing within the network from node to node, the data item associated with a user account,

receive the data item;

receive user account information based on the user account;

determine an address of a second node in the network available to receive the data item based on the user account information; and

forwarding the data item to the second node in the network; and

a central server configured to:

match a data item retrieval request using a unique code representing the data item entering a node;

send a message to a node that is predicted to have the data item, the message instructing the node to forward the data item to a source system; and

receive a confirmation message that the data item has been forwarded to the source system.

14. The network of claim 13 , wherein forwarding the data item includes encrypting the data item according to an encryption scheme, the encryption scheme identified and periodically changed by a central server.

15. The network of claim 14 , wherein the central server changes the encryption scheme based on the user account information.

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