Patents by Inventor Michael Theodore Lester

Michael Theodore Lester has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ENCRYPTION, DECRYPTION, AND TRIGGERED DELIVERY OF FILES
    Publication number: 20160337323
    Abstract: Encrypting information includes receiving a question/answer pair, generating a file pass phrase, encrypting the file with the file pass phrase, normalizing the answer, encrypting the file pass phrase with the normalized answer, creating a hash of the normalized answer; delivering encrypted information includes alerting the recipient of the encrypted file to be downloaded, providing the recipient with questions associated with the encrypted file, normalizing answers provided by the recipient, creating a hash of the normalized answers, comparing the hash to stored hashes associated with the encrypted file, allowing download of the encrypted file when a predetermined number of the stored hashes match the normalized hashes; and storing and triggering delivery of encrypted information to a recipient includes storing encrypted information about a recipient, determining a triggering event associated with the encrypted information, delivering to the recipient an invitation to retrieve the encrypted information upon o
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Theodore Lester, Sahar Mohammed Ismail
  • Encryption, Decryption, and Triggered Delivery of Files
    Publication number: 20160119142
    Abstract: Encrypting information includes receiving a question/answer pair, generating a file pass phrase, encrypting the file with the file pass phrase, normalizing the answer, encrypting the file pass phrase with the normalized answer, creating a hash of the normalized answer; delivering encrypted information includes alerting the recipient of the encrypted file to be downloaded, providing the recipient with questions associated with the encrypted file, normalizing answers provided by the recipient, creating a hash of the normalized answers, comparing the hash to stored hashes associated with the encrypted file, allowing download of the encrypted file when a predetermined number of the stored hashes match the normalized hashes; and storing and triggering delivery of encrypted information to a recipient includes storing encrypted information about a recipient, determining a triggering event associated with the encrypted information, delivering to the recipient an invitation to retrieve the encrypted information upon o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Theodore Lester, Sahar Mohammed Ismail