IP Library Granted Patent US 10,432,597
Granted Patent B1
US 10,432,597 · App. 15/900,897 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Digital security bubble

Inventors: Christopher Howell (Freehold, NJ); Robert Statica (Long Valley, NJ); Kara Lynn Coppa (Long Valley, NJ)
Assignee: Wickr Inc.
H04L63/061H04L63/0435H04L63/0442H04L63/0853
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Patent No.
US 10,432,597
App. No.
15/900,897
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A digital security bubble encapsulation is disclosed. A public key and a device identifier of at least one recipient is requested from a first server. A message containing one or more components is encrypted using a symmetric key. The symmetric key is encrypted with a public key received in response to the request. The encrypted message, the encrypted symmetric key, and the device identifier are encapsulated in a digital security bubble encapsulation. The digital security bubble encapsulation is transmitted to a second server.

Claims (29)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a first device, a notification of an encrypted encapsulation from a security platform;

obtaining, by the first device, the encrypted encapsulation from the security platform in response to receiving the notification, wherein the encrypted encapsulation includes an encrypted message, an encrypted first key, and a device identifier associated with an intended recipient;

decrypting, by the first device, the encrypted encapsulation;

comparing, by the first device, the received device identifier with a local device identifier;

decrypting, by the first device, the encrypted first key using a private key of the intended recipient in response to a determination that the received device identifier matches the local device identifier;

decrypting, by the first device, the encrypted message using the first key to produce a decrypted message; and

providing, by the first device, the decrypted message to a recipient.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device identifier is based at least in part on at least one hardware identifier.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first key is a symmetric key.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted encapsulation includes a plurality of encrypted first keys.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of encrypted first keys is encrypted with a second key associated with an intended recipient.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulation includes at least one message control option selected from the group consisting of message lifetime, sharing, saving, forwarding, recalling, and deleting.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising:

deleting, by the first device, the decrypted message after an expiration of the lifetime option.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:

receiving a notification of an encrypted encapsulation from a security platform;

obtaining the encrypted encapsulation from the security platform in response to receiving the notification, wherein the encrypted encapsulation includes an encrypted message, an encrypted first key, and a device identifier associated with an intended recipient;

decrypting the encrypted encapsulation;

comparing the received device identifier with a local device identifier;

decrypting the encrypted first key using a private key of the intended recipient in response to a determination that the received device identifier matches the local device identifier;

decrypting the encrypted message using the first key to produce a decrypted message; and

providing the decrypted message to a recipient.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the device identifier is based at least in part on at least one hardware identifier.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first key is a symmetric key.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the encrypted encapsulation includes a plurality of encrypted first keys.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of encrypted first keys is encrypted with a second key associated with an intended recipient.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , comprising computer instructions for:

deleting the decrypted message after an expiration of a lifetime option included in the encrypted encapsulation.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2021
From: WICKR LLC
To: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 057366/0573 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2018
From: STATICA, ROBERT; COPPA, KARA LYNN; HOWELL, CHRISTOPHER A
To: WICKR INC.
Reel/Frame 046067/0161 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 15496187 · Apr 25, 2017
Continuation 14791196 · Jul 2, 2015
Continuation 14592832 · Jan 8, 2015
Continuation 14089634 · Nov 25, 2013
Continuation 13942554 · Jul 15, 2013
Provisional Application 61672099 · Jul 16, 2012