Patent ID: 8533452
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a device for handling encrypted data, comprising: receiving encrypted data for a specific recipient from a rules database, the encrypted data having been encrypted at the rules database using an encryption key, wherein recipient user identification information associated with the specific recipient is stored on an external security information source and the rules database contains a copy of the recipient user identification information; obtaining external user identification information from the external security information source, wherein the external security information source has a location proximate to the device; obtaining a public key from the rules database, wherein the public key is generated based on the copy of the recipient user identification information and the encryption key; generating a decryption key using the public key and the external user identification information; decrypting the encrypted data using the decryption key; and wherein the encrypted data is accessible when the external user identification information matches the recipient user identification information.