Inventors:
Charles Garrison - Taylor TX, US
David Sorensen - Austin TX, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
International Classification:
H04L009/00, H04L009/32
US Classification:
713/193000, 713/202000, 382/115000
Abstract:
An apparatus, system and method for certifying photographs, videographs and audio recordings are implemented. A unique private encryption key may be associated with the recording device, which, for video may be a digital camera, or for audio recordings, a digital audio recording device. The digital photographic, videographic or audio data may then be encrypted by the recording device in essentially real-time and stored in encrypted form. The rendering of the digital photograph, videograph or digital audio signal into a perceptible form, may be effected by recovery of the corresponding “public” decryption key from the manufacturer of the recording device, and the stored encrypted data may be decrypted after retrieval from the storage device. The decryption key may, for example, be made available by the manufacturer on a web site.