US 12,218,921 B1
Cryptographically protecting data transferred between spatially distributed computing devices using an intermediary database
Philip Peter Ramirez, Arlington Heights, IL (US); Michael J. Mcnichol, Jr., Warrenville, IL (US); Tao Chen, Northbrook, IL (US); Vincent Quigley, Derry (IE); and Brian Rice, Glenavy (IE)
Assigned to Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/060,903.
Application 17/060,903 is a continuation of application No. 16/413,867, filed on May 16, 2019, granted, now 10,812,457.
Application 16/413,867 is a continuation of application No. 15/180,696, filed on Jun. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,341,309, issued on Jul. 2, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0464 (2013.01) [G07C 5/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/00 (2013.01); H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); H04L 63/0442 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first computing device associated with a first entity and from a plurality of sensors, sensor data, the sensor data comprising speed data;
processing the sensor data to generate processed speed data and a textual description, wherein the processing comprises generating a textual description indicating that the speed data and the source of the speed data is validated;
encrypting the processed speed data by a first encryption key associated with the first computing device to generate first encrypted speed data, wherein the textual description is not encrypted;
transmitting, to an intermediary database, the first encrypted speed data and the unencrypted textual description;
receiving, via the intermediary database and from a second computing device associated with a second entity, a selection of the first encrypted speed data and indication of exchange data comprising information regarding an incentive as exchange data for the exchange of the first encrypted speed data, wherein the selection of the first encrypted speed data was based on identifying, by the second computing device, speed data indicated by the unencrypted textual description;
based on an indication of accepting the exchange data, causing via the intermediary database an exchange of the first encrypted speed data for the exchange data comprising the incentive between the first computing device and the second computing device; and
converting the first encrypted speed data to second encrypted speed data via a second encryption key, wherein the converting comprises determining, using the intermediary database, that the exchange of the first encrypted speed data for the exchange data between the first computing device and the second computing device has been finalized;
wherein the second entity associated with the second computing device provides the incentive to the first entity associated with the first computing device when the exchange of the exchange data and the first encrypted speed data between the first computing device and the second computing device is finalized.