Claims
- 1. In a computer system having a processor and a memory device coupled to said processor associated with a legitimate user of the computer system, a method for permitting secret digital information of the legitimate computer user to be subsequently recovered by a trustee, the method comprising the steps of:storing identifying information in encrypted form, the identifying information identifying the legitimate computer user in an original digital data structure corresponding to the legitimate computer user; storing secret encrypted digital information other than said encrypted identifying information in said digital data structure; and the trustee using said digital data structure to confirm the identify of the legitimate computer user, and after positive confirmation of identity, the trustee recovering the secret digital information.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/464,069, filed Jun. 5, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,141,423 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/130,126 filed Oct. 4, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,436,972.
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U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 08/464,069, filed Jun. 5, 1995 now US Pat 6,141,423 Oct. 2000. |
U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 08/130,126, filed Oct. 4, 1993 now US Pat 5,436,972 Jul. 1995. |
Continuations (1)
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