US 11,755,664 B2
Electronic evidence transfer
Mathieu Nadeau, Montreal (CA); Francis Michaud, Varennes (CA); and Pierre-Olivier Veilleux, Montreal (CA)
Filed by GENETEC INC., St-Laurent (CA)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,956.
Application 17/477,956 is a continuation of application No. 16/165,791, filed on Oct. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,151,204.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/680,574, filed on Jun. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0004588 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/951 (2019.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01)
CPC G06F 16/951 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 63/045 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01); G06Q 50/26 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A public evidence collection server comprising a processor, network communications interface and memory readable by said processor, said memory storing computer program code that when executed by said processor performs:
handling a request from a first computer to create a public appeal for an investigation, said public appeal associated with a public appeal webpage that is accessible by a uniform resource locator (URL) for members of the public to submit evidence pertaining to the investigation via the public appeal webpage;
establishing a connection with a source computing device of a member of the public when a browser of the source computing device accesses the URL of the public appeal webpage, including obtaining an identification of the public appeal from the source computing device;
receiving an encrypted evidence data file from the browser of said source computing device;
linking said encrypted evidence data file with said public appeal for said investigation using the identification of the public appeal obtained from said source computing device; and
storing said encrypted evidence data file in an evidence data storage.