Patent
Individual data unit and methods and systems for enhancing the security of user data
| العنوان: | Individual data unit and methods and systems for enhancing the security of user data |
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| Patent Number: | 11861,042 |
| تاريخ النشر: | January 02, 2024 |
| Appl. No: | 18/078944 |
| Application Filed: | December 10, 2022 |
| مستخلص: | An individual data unit for enhancing the security of a user data record is provided that includes a processor and a memory configured to store data. The individual data unit is associated with a network and the memory is in communication with the processor. The memory has instructions stored thereon which, when read and executed by the processor cause the individual data unit to perform basic operations only. The basic operations include communicating securely with computing devices, computer systems, and a central user data server. Moreover, the basic operations include receiving a user data record, storing the user data record, retrieving the user data record, and transmitting the user data record. The individual data unit can be located in a geographic location associated with the user which can be different than the geographic locations of the computer systems and the central user data server. |
| Inventors: | Langley, Richard Jay (Vienna, VA, US) |
| Claim: | 1. A method for enhancing the security of user email contents comprising: storing items of user data in different electronic components in a computer system, the electronic components of the system comprising at least a user device, a central server, an email server, and at least one individual electronic component, the data items of each different user comprising at least one-encrypted logical address, the contents of at least one encrypted email, and at least one decryption key corresponding to the encrypted logical address, wherein: each different electronic component requires a separate cyber-attack to compromise any items of user data stored therein, and the data items are distributed across the electronic components of the system such that: the email contents of any single user are safe against a cyber-attack that compromises only one component of the computer system; the email contents of any single user can be compromised only when at least two components of the computer system are compromised as the result of a cyber-attack; and the email contents of N users can be compromised only when at least N+1 components of the computer system are compromised as the result of a cyber-attack, where N is the number of users. |
| Claim: | 2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data items further comprise at least one encrypted secret access code and a corresponding at least one decryption key. |
| Claim: | 3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising: breaking one or more items of user data into multiple parts; and distributing the parts amongst the electronic components. |
| Claim: | 4. A method for enhancing the security of email contents comprising: storing items of user data in different electronic components in a computer system, the electronic components of the system comprising at least a user device, a central server, an email server, and at least-M individual electronic components for each user, the data items of each different user comprising at least one encrypted logical address, the contents of at least one encrypted email, and at least one decryption key corresponding to the encrypted logical address, wherein each different electronic component requires a separate cyber-attack to compromise any items of user data stored therein, and the data items are distributed across the electronic components of the system such that: the email contents of any single user are safe against a cyber-attack that compromises only M electronic components of the computer system; the email contents of any single user can be compromised only when at least M+1 electronic components of the computer system are compromised as the result of a cyber-attack; and the email contents of N users can be compromised only when at least (M×N)+1 electronic components of the computer system are compromised as the result of a cyber-attack, where M is the number of individual electronic components per user in the system and N is the number of users. |
| Claim: | 5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the data items further comprise at least one encrypted secret access code and a corresponding at least one decryption key. |
| Claim: | 6. The method according to claim 4 further comprising: breaking one or more items of user data into multiple parts; and distributing the parts amongst the electronic components. |
| Claim: | 7. A method for enhancing the security of email contents comprising: storing items of user data in different electronic components in a computer system, the electronic components of the system comprising at least a user device, a central server, an email server and individual electronic components, wherein each user can opt to use any number of individual electronic components to store certain data items associated with the respective user, the data items of each different user comprise at least one encrypted logical address, the contents of at least one encrypted user email, and at least one decryption key corresponding to the at least one encrypted logical address, each different electronic component requires a separate cyber-attack to compromise the item of user data stored therein, the data items are distributed across the electronic components of the system, such that: the email contents of any single user are safe against a cyber-attack that compromises only M electronic components of the computer system, wherein M is the number of individual electronic components used by the respective user; the email contents of any single user can be compromised only when at least M+1 electronic components of the computer system are compromised as the result of a cyber-attack; and the email contents of N users can be compromised only when at least (M avg ×N)+1 electronic components of the computer system are compromised as the result of a cyber-attack, where M avg is the average number of individual electronic components per user in the system and N is the number of users. |
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| Primary Examiner: | Lewis, Lisa C |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | The Law Office of Kevin McDermott, P.L.L.C. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.11861042 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |