Secure information storage and retrieval apparatus and method

摘要

A user using a client computer registers with a server computer over a computer network by submitting a biometric scan of a body part of the user. The user commands the client computer to encrypt an electronic file. The client computer generates a private key, encrypts the electronic file and transmits the key to the server computer. The client computer saves the encrypted file. The encrypted file and the key are saved at different physical locations. The owner of the file is able to grant permission to other registered users to unlock the encrypted file.

主权项

1. A method for securely storing and retrieving confidential information, the method comprised of the following steps:
a. a server computer under the control of a service provider and a client computer under the control of a user communicating over a computer network; b. using a biometric scanner device operably connected to said client computer to generate a biometric identifier of said user; c. transmitting said biometric identifier over said computer network for storage in said server computer memory to enroll said user as a registered user; d. creating a user webpage for said registered user that can be accessed from any internet enabled device; e. transmitting a second biometric identifier to said server computer and matching it with said stored biometric identifier of said user to authenticate the identity of said registered user; f. generating a private encryption key in the virtual memory of said client computer and encrypting an electronic file using private key encryption to create an encrypted file; g. said client computer transmitting said private encryption key to a private key server upon the encryption of said electronic file; h. uploading said encrypted file to an encrypted file server having a different street address and different physical location from said private key server, whereby a single incident of hacking or burglary at a single physical location will not result in a theft or compromise of both said encrypted electronic file and said private encryption key; and erasing and overwriting said virtual memory; i. posting a listing on said user webpage of the encryption of said electronic file that on selection downloads said encrypted file and said private encryption key to the virtual memory of said client computer and decrypts said electronic file; j. upon the decryption of said encrypted file said client computer erasing and overwriting said virtual memory and displaying said electronic file.