Daniel M Lane

US Patent:

7451481, Nov 11, 2008

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/366189

Inventors:

Stephanie Bauer - Arlington MD, US
Jonathan N. Freedman - Chevy Chase MD, US
Miriam Jaffe - Columbia MD, US
Susan M. Zloth - Castle Rock CO, US
Daniel J. Lane - North Potomac MD, US

Assignee:

Merchant Link, LLC - Silver Spring MD

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

726 3, 705 64, 705 75

Abstract:

A database system for encryption and protection of confidential data is provided. The database system includes a data source system receiving confidential data and first associated data. A secure data network interface system is connected to the data source system over an open network, the data network interface system receives the confidential data and the first associated data from the data source system and further comprises a secure data storage system coupled to the data network interface system and isolated from the open network, a data encryption system generating a unique encrypted identifier for the confidential data, and a data association system associating the confidential data with the unique encrypted identifier and storing the confidential data, the first associated data and the unique encrypted identifier in the secure data storage system.