IP Library Granted Patent US 9,648,001
Granted Patent B2
US 9,648,001 · App. 14/489,309 · Granted May 9, 2017

Secure messaging

Inventors: Howard Lerman (New York, NY); Tom Dixon (New York, NY); Rob Figueiredo (New York, NY); Rich Hong (New York, NY); Jeffrey Grossman (New York, NY)
Assignee: Confide Inc.
H04L63/08H04L51/12H04L51/063
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Patent No.
US 9,648,001
App. No.
14/489,309
Granted
May 9, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for secure messaging and content sharing. In one implementation, a processor receives a message associated with a recipient, provides, to the recipient, a notification pertaining to the message, and, based on a determination of a performance of one or more authentication actions with respect to the message, provides the recipient with access to the message. In another implementation, a processor receives a message including one or more content segments, receives inputs in relation to at least one of the content segments, processes the inputs to determine that an authentication action is being performed with respect to the one of the one or more content segments, and based on a determination that the authentication action is being performed with respect to the one of the one or more content segments, presents the at least one of the one or more content segments.

Claims (44)

1. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, coupled to the memory, to:

receive a message from a user, the message being associated with an intended recipient;

provide, to the intended recipient, a notification pertaining to the message;

provide the intended recipient with access to the message based on a determination of a performance of an authentication action associated with the message;

configure a device to capture an image of a display screen of the device while the intended recipient is provided with access to the message on the display screen of the device;

associate the captured image with the message; and

determine an identity of the intended recipient of the device based on the captured image.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises a content segment.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein to provide the intended recipient with the access to the message, the processing device is to provide the intended recipient with access to the content segment based on a determination of a performance of the authentication action associated with the content segment.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the authentication action comprises a tactile input received in relation to the content segment.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the authentication action comprises a tactile input received in relation to an indicator that corresponds to the content segment.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein to provide the intended recipient with the access to the message, the processing device is to preclude the intended recipient from accessing the content segment based on a determination that the intended recipient is not performing the authentication action associated with the content segment.

7. The system of claim 2 , wherein to provide the intended recipient with the access to the message, the processing device is to:

transmit the content segment to the intended recipient, and

delete the content segment based on a determination that the content segment has been transmitted to the intended recipient.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing device is further to preclude the intended recipient from accessing the message based on a determination that the intended recipient is not performing the authentication action.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the processing device to delete the message based on a determination that the authentication action has been performed with each of a plurality of content segments of the message.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a message from a user, the message being associated with an intended recipient;

providing, to the intended recipient, a notification pertaining to the message;

providing the intended recipient with an access to the message based on a determination of a performance of an authentication action associated with the message;

configuring a device to capture an image of a display screen of the device while the intended recipient is provided with access to the message on the display screen of the device;

associating the captured image with the message; and

determining an identity of the intended recipient of the device based on the captured image.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the message comprises a content segment.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein providing the intended recipient with the access to the message comprises providing the intended recipient with access to the content segment based on a determination of a performance of the authentication action associated with the content segment.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the authentication action comprises a tactile input received in relation to the content segment.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the authentication action comprises a tactile input received in relation to an indicator that corresponds to the content segment.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein providing the intended recipient with the access to the message further comprises precluding the intended recipient from accessing the content segment based on a determination that the intended recipient is not performing the authentication action associated with the content segment.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein providing the intended recipient with the access to the message further comprises:

transmitting the content segment to the intended recipient; and

deleting the content segment based on a determination that the content segment has been transmitted to the intended recipient.

17. The method of claim 10 further comprising precluding the intended recipient from accessing the message based on a determination that the intended recipient is not performing the authentication action.

18. The method of claim 10 further comprising deleting the message based on a determination that the authentication action has been performed with each of a plurality of content segments of the message.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a message from a user, the message being associated with an intended recipient;

providing, to the intended recipient, a notification pertaining to the message;

providing the intended recipient with an access to the message based on a determination of a performance of an authentication action associated with the message;

configuring a device to capture an image of a display screen of the device while the intended recipient is provided with access to the message on the display screen of the device;

associating the captured image with the message; and

determining an identity of the intended recipient of the device based on the captured image.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 wherein the operations further comprising deleting the message based on a determination that the authentication action has been performed with each of a plurality of content segments of the message.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: BENDING SPOONS S.P.A.
To: BENDING SPOONS OPERATIONS S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 068484/0175 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2024
From: CONFIDE, INC.
To: BENDING SPOONS S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 066484/0724 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2014
From: LERMAN, HOWARD; DIXON, TOM; FIGUEIREDO, ROB; HONG, RICH; GROSSMAN, JEFFREY
To: CONFIDE INC.
Reel/Frame 034216/0288 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61879001 · Sep 17, 2013
Provisional Application 61934321 · Jan 31, 2014
Related Publication 20150082391A1 · Mar 19, 2015