Patent ID: 8687841
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06T,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A cell phone for acquiring information from a source external to the cell phone to be transmitted to a facility for receiving such information and for transmitting such thereto, comprising: a capture device for being initiated by a user of the cell phone to capture information from the source as captured information in a capture operation that initiates capture at an initiation instance and completes capture at a completion instance; a processor for processing the captured information by acquiring date and time information proximate in time to the completion instance and associating a representation of the acquired date and time information with the captured information, such that the representation of the acquired date and time information in association with the captured information forms augmented captured information, and placing the augmented captured information in association with subscriber information in a transmission of the augmented captured information to a facility requiring such subscriber information; a transmitter for transmitting the transmission including the augmented captured information and the subscriber information to the facility; and an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the augmented captured information at some time between the capture of the information and the receipt by the facility.