Patent ID: 8934737
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system to process an image file from an image source before storage on a physical storage medium, the image file including an image data and an identifier data of a person, the system comprising: a receiver connected in communication to receive the image file from the image source, the receiver configured to de-identify the identifier data from each part of the image file as presented to the receiver prior to being subsequently stored on the physical storage medium, wherein to de-identify the identifier data, the receiver generates a placeholder file on the physical storage medium in response to receiving the image file from the image source, wherein the placeholder file is empty prior to receiving the image file from the receiver, wherein the placeholder file includes a filename having an extension prior to receiving the image file from the receiver, wherein the extension is removed from the filename after the identifier data is removed from the image file in the volatile memory, and wherein the receiver writes the image file to the placeholder file on the physical storage medium after the identifier data is removed.