Patent ID: 9100171
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling secure communications between a plurality of users, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising: (a) establishing a secure communication forum through use of a setup interface between a host user and one or more forum users, in which the one or more processors validate the host user, assign the host user a master key, and assign the one or more forum users user keys for use in participating in the secure communication forum, wherein establishing the secure communication forum further comprises: (b) making the secure communication forum available for ongoing encrypted document and record exchange over a forum interface accessible only by the host user and the one or more forum users; wherein making the secure communication forum available includes responding to the host user and the one or more forum users interacting with the forum interface by automatically (i) encrypting a document or record specified by the host user for a respective one of the one or more forum users, (ii) verifying that the respective forum user's user key is validated by the host user's master key, and (iii) based on the verification of the respective forum user's user key, enabling the respective forum user to securely access the document or record.