Secure processing of secure information in a non-secure environment

US8793756B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DST Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James Robert Mock · Lee's Summit, US
• Tracy Wayne Shelby · Kansas City, US
• Devin Todd Sherry · Platte City, US
• Michael V. Gentry · Toronto, CA
• Peter E. Clark · Oakville, CA
• Michael C. Hudgins · Kansas City, US
• Michael G. Metzger · Overland Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A secured process sourcing and work management system for processing secure information in a non-secure environment is disclosed. The system permits a user, referred to herein as a customer or requester, to submit a project, involving a human intelligence task (“HIT”), referred to as a task or task specification, to be performed with respect to secure, confidential or sensitive information, referred to herein as secure information, and have that project completed in a non-secure environment without compromising the security, confidentiality or sensitivity of the secure information. The system may be incorporated into the requestor's workflow, receiving projects therefrom and providing the results thereto. Further, a system is disclosed for implementing a processing workflow for such tasks, the system permitting, based on projects submitted by requestors, the “posting” or distribution of jobs, and subsequent management thereof, to be performed by a workforce operating in or via a non-secure-environment, while protecting the underlying security, confidentiality or sensitivity of the overall project.