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US 10,530,580 · App. 16/166,095 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Enhance interactive electronic vault

Inventor: Laura Sibley Walker (Hartfield, VA)
Assignee: InteracVAULT Inc.
H04L9/32H04L63/0815
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Patent No.
US 10,530,580
App. No.
16/166,095
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system for enabling secure data storage into a third party managed electronic vault that provides users with a secure location to store important documents, information, and data including but not limited to various forms of personal identifiable information. The system features an interface that dynamically secures, encrypts, and protects data related to transmission, storage, and retrieval, as well as management components that regulate and authenticate access to the contents of the electronic safe deposit boxes (and subdivisions thereof) in the electronic vault. In addition, the system features comprehensive logic for completing and/or auto-filling forms, tracking and/or facilitating renewals of expiring credentials, providing reminders of important dates and events, managing multi-step processes, automatically adjusting security and authentication requirement based on one or more factors, and guiding and suggesting complimentary activities and considerations for detected user events.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic safety deposit box comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor for:

receiving and storing at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box for a user;

determining a current level of security for the electronic safety deposit box and a set of corresponding credentials necessary for the user to access the electronic safety deposit box, wherein the corresponding credentials comprise at least one dynamic credential that changes with each access attempt;

prompting the user to provide the set of corresponding credentials for access to the electronic safety deposit box;

validating that the user is authorized access to the electronic safety deposit box and to the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box; and

granting access to the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box;

logging audit information for the user's access to the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box wherein every aspect of a session pertaining to the user' access to said at least one item of electronic data is recreatable using the logged audit information.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising delivering a reminder to the user to complete a task associated with the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising permitting the user to enable or disable at least one supplemental service.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein validating that the user is authorized access to the electronic safety deposit box is based on the set of corresponding credentials provided by the user.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein validating that the user is authorized access to the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box is based on the set of corresponding credentials provided by the user.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box is stored in an encrypted form.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising performing heuristic analysis of the user's interactions with the electronic safety deposit box.

8. A method for causing a processor to store an item of electronic data, the method comprising:

receiving and storing at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box for a user;

determining a current level of security for the electronic safety deposit box and a set of corresponding credentials necessary for the user to access the electronic safety deposit box, wherein the corresponding credentials comprise at least one dynamic credential that changes with each access attempt;

prompting the user to provide the set of corresponding credentials for access to the electronic safety deposit box;

validating that the user is authorized access to the electronic safety deposit box and to the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box; and

granting access to the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box;

logging audit information for the user's access to the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box wherein every aspect of a session pertaining to the user' access to said at least one item of electronic data is recreatable using the logged audit information.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising delivering a reminder to the user to complete a task associated with the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising permitting the user to enable or disable at least one supplemental service.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein validating that the user is authorized access to the electronic safety deposit box is based on the set of corresponding credentials provided by the user.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein validating that the user is authorized access to the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box is based on the set of corresponding credentials provided by the user.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box is stored in an encrypted form.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising performing heuristic analysis of the user's interactions with the electronic safety deposit box.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions for an electronic safety deposit box, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions that cause a processor to:

receive and store at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box for a user;

determine a current level of security for the electronic safety deposit box and a set of corresponding credentials necessary for the user to access the electronic safety deposit box, wherein the corresponding credentials comprise at least one dynamic credential that changes with each access attempt;

prompt the user to provide the set of corresponding credentials for access to the electronic safety deposit box;

validate that the user is authorized access to the electronic safety deposit box and to the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box; and

grant access to the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box;

log audit information for the user's access to the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box wherein every aspect of a session pertaining to the user' access to said at least one item of electronic data is recreatable using the logged audit information.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to deliver a reminder to the user to complete a task associated with the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to permit the user to enable or disable at least one supplemental service.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to store in encrypted form the at least one item of electronic data in the electronic safety deposit box.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising computer-readable instructions that cause the processor to:

validate that the user is authorized access to the electronic safety deposit box and the at least one item of electronic data stored in the electronic safety deposit box based on the set of corresponding credentials provided by the user; and

perform heuristic analysis of the user's interactions with the electronic safety deposit box.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 further comprising computer-readable instructions that, for the logged audit information, enable every aspect of a session pertaining to the user' access to said at least one item of electronic data to be recreatable.

Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 15701434 · Sep 11, 2017
Continuation In Part 14316637 · Jun 26, 2014
Provisional Application 61840101 · Jun 27, 2013
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