A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCRYPTING DIGITAL MESSAGES

摘要

In data processing system that executes a program of instructions and that includes a sender client, a recipient client, a server, a plurality of databases, and a plurality of interconnections, a method of message encryption and transmission comprising the steps of requesting a Digital ID on behalf of a recipient from a server by a sender, creating a Digital ID by the server, transmitting the Digital ID to the sender from the server, transmitting a first message to the recipient from the server informing the recipient that the sender has initiated the creation of a Digital ID for the recipient thereby enabling the sender and said recipient to exchange encrypted mesages, transmitting the Digital ID to the recipient from the server, encrypting a second message by the sender using the recipient's Digital ID and sending the encrypted second message directly to the recipient, receiving the encrypted second message from the sender by the recipient and decrypting the encrypted second message by the recipient using the Digital ID.