IP Library Granted Patent US 10,581,817
Granted Patent B1
US 10,581,817 · App. 15/905,242 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

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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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,581,817
App. No.
15/905,242
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
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 (43)

1. A method for transmitting an encrypted encapsulation, the method comprising:

requesting, by a first device, an identifier associated with a first recipient from a first server;

encrypting, by the first device, a communication using a first key;

encrypting, by the first device, the first key using a second key associated with the first recipient, wherein the second key is obtained from the first server;

encapsulating the encrypted communication, the encrypted first key, and the identifier in an encrypted encapsulation; and

transmitting the encrypted encapsulation to the first recipient.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating, by the first device, the first key.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier comprises a device identifier.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the device identifier is based at least in part on at least one hardware identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier comprises an application identifier.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the second key is a public key associated with the first recipient.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

requesting, by the first device, a plurality of public keys and a plurality of identifiers associated with a plurality of recipients from the first server.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

encrypting, by the first device, the first key with each of the plurality of public keys to produce a plurality of encrypted first keys; and

encapsulating, by the first device, the plurality of encrypted first keys in the encrypted encapsulation.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the first device, the encrypted encapsulation with the plurality of encrypted first keys to the plurality of recipients.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform the steps of:

requesting an identifier associated with a first recipient from a first server;

encrypting a communication using a first key;

encrypting the first key using a second key associated with the first recipient, wherein the second key is obtained from the first server;

encapsulating the encrypted communication, the encrypted first key, and the identifier in an encrypted encapsulation; and

transmitting the encrypted encapsulation to the first recipient.

11. A system for transmitting an encrypted encapsulation, the system comprising:

a processor configured to:

request an identifier associated with a first recipient from a first server;

encrypt a communication using a first key;

encrypt the first key using a second key associated with the first recipient, wherein the second key is obtained from the first server;

encapsulate the encrypted communication, the encrypted first key, and the identifier in an encrypted encapsulation; and

transmit the encrypted encapsulation to the first recipient; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate the first key.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identifier comprises a device identifier.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the device identifier is based at least in part on at least one hardware identifier.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the identifier comprises an application identifier.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second key is a public key associated with the first recipient.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to request a plurality of public keys and a plurality of identifiers associated with a plurality of recipients.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

encrypt the first key with each of the received public keys to produce a plurality of encrypted first keys; and

encapsulate the plurality of encrypted first keys in the encrypted encapsulation.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit the encrypted encapsulation with the plurality of encrypted first keys to the plurality of recipients.

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 046067/0644 →