Patent ID: 8744080

Claim:
An encrypted data recording apparatus comprising: a housing; decrypting means within the housing for decrypting encrypted input data that is received via a secure data network transmission and temporarily storing the decrypted input data in an electronic memory; encrypting means within the housing for encrypting the decrypted input data using key information that is exclusive to the encrypted data recording apparatus in order to provide locally encrypted data; and recording control means for recording the locally encrypted data that is encrypted by the encrypting means in plural recording means located within the housing with redundancy given to the locally encrypted data, wherein the recording control means receives the locally encrypted data within the data recording apparatus and the locally encrypted data is stored without being transferred through the communication network, and further wherein the electronic memory and the plural recording means are located within the housing and the electronic memory and plural recording means are in electronic communication via a local data transfer bus that is within the housing.