WO2018199779A1 - Private smart phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a smartphone with cameras (1 and 11), microphones (7 and 14) and a GPS module (22). The phone has two different circuit boards: a primary circuit board (21), used to carry out all the conventional functions of a mobile phone, and a secondary circuit board (16), used exclusively for capturing and storing photos and videos. Each circuit board comprises its own processor (17 and 19), memory (18 and 20) and operating system and operates completely independently of the other. In addition, the operation of said circuit boards and that of the mentioned hardware resources is physically activated or deactivated in a manual manner by the actuation of switches (4 and 5) by a user.

Description

 INTELLIGENT TELEPHONE PRIVAT

 DESCRIPTION

 Technical sector:

Privat smartphone, as the name implies is a smartphone with a unique and fully effective hardware-based security mechanism, which provides protection to the digital information generated and contained therein. It also has good performance in line with current technology. As is known, currently the use of smartphones among people is very common and in addition to being used to communicate, they are also used for their versatile tools that provide the convenience of having in one device the functionalities that were previously used using several devices independent as: cameras, audio recorders, geo GPS locators, among others. Currently these tools and functionalities, due to the fact that they are all contained in the same device, as in the case of a smartphone, share hardware and software resources, as well as multiple possibilities of connection with external networks, thus generating an environment insecure for the private information contained in the aforementioned device, the user may easily lose control of said information. Smartphones are usually manufactured based on a single electronic board, which, through a single processor, memory and operating system, executes all the tools and functions of the smartphone, storing all the information in the same memory. This implies that this information can be used by the different tools of the smartphone to share them with total freedom, without necessarily allowing the user or having knowledge of this. The problem that currently occurs as the use of smartphones increases is that there is also an increase in the number of people capable of mastering computer programs with the aim of penetrating user privacy, being able to access the files of Photos and videos stored in the smartphone memory. There is also the problem that camera, microphone and GPS module resources can be used undesirably by third parties to spy on the smartphone user. This spying is carried out by means of malicious software that remotely activates said hardware resources, capturing photos, recording video, recording audio and tracking the user with GPS, without the latter perceiving it. l Prior art.

Although there are and have developed ways to keep the information and access to the aforementioned resources secure for smartphones, all those that have been presented have a software-based protection, since this type of protection does not guarantee total security Facing these threats. Software-based protection uses encryption or access key generation techniques to prevent unwanted intrusion to files or resources of the smartphone. Both security techniques are, by their nature of software, susceptible to violation; since using appropriate computer algorithms, said encryptions or keys can be decrypted. The above, leads us to conclude that with the current protection techniques, based on software, the security of the information contained in smartphones cannot be guaranteed and therefore, the possibility of accessing the memory is still latent and hardware resources. The aforementioned problem arises from the fact that there is no physical control by the user over the resources of the device. Privat smartphone, solves this problem since it has fully reliable hardware-based mechanisms that allow the user to have physical control of these resources, thus protecting the private information contained in the smartphone. Description of the invention

Privat smartphone, as-its name indicates it is a smartphone that incorporates a new hardware mechanism which is the object of this description and comes to solve the aforementioned problems in a unique and innovative way from the point of view of the manufacturing technique and end user use.

 The invention Privat smart phone, consists of a smart phone that in addition to incorporating all the usual technological features in said devices, is characterized by having a hardware mechanism that allows you to maintain total security and privacy in the handling and storage of photo files and videos, since it also allows complete control of hardware resources: front camera (1) and rear camera (11), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14) and GPS module (15) present in said device.

The hardware mechanism is composed of two independent electronic boards (16 and 21) and a manually operated system by means of switches (4 and 5) that allow the physical activation or deactivation of both the electronic boards and the resources of Hardware mentioned above. For the protection functionality of photo and video files, there is a hardware configuration which consists of a primary electronic board (21) and a secondary electronic board (16). Both boards are totally independent in their operation, each with its own processor (17 and 19), memory (18 and 20) and operating system, without having a functional connection to each other, being able to be active in the foreground, only one at a time . When the primary electronic board (21) is active, it has access and control to all cell phone resources, being used to execute all the functions that a smartphone commonly has. When the secondary electronic board (16) is active, it controls and has access exclusively to: front camera (1), rear camera (11), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14), lower speaker (12), screen (6) and battery (23), this board being used exclusively to execute the function of capturing and storing photos and videos. The capture of photos and videos using the secondary electronic board allows a secure and isolated hardware environment, dedicated exclusively for this purpose. This avoids that applications installed in the smartphone automatically send these files to the cloud without the user's consent, or that the mentioned files are extracted by hackers through spyware software, thus guaranteeing the total security of these files. As described above, the hardware resources: front camera (1), rear camera (1 1), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14), GPS module (22), lower speaker (12), screen (6 ) and battery (23) have a shared use by both plates (16 and 21). Being that for such use it does not matter in which plate these resources are physically. In addition, the shares will be under the control of the board that is active.

 For the functionality of hardware resources protection: front camera (1), rear camera (1 1), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14), GPS module (22), vulnerable to being used as spying elements , there is a hardware configuration that allows the physical connection or disconnection of them, in this way it is prevented that they can be turned on and manipulated by software:

 Both the physical activation or deactivation of the aforementioned boards, as well as the connection or disconnection of the hardware resources, is carried out manually, by the operation of buttons or switches (4 and 5) located outside the smartphone. Thus the user can determine which electronic board takes control of the system and which hardware resources are those that are active.

Privat smartphone, can be manufactured in various configurations, based on a combination of the aforementioned activations and deactivations of electronic boards (16 and 21) and hardware resources. Since a certain operating configuration can have one or several modes of use; Understanding how to use the grouping of one or several of. the mentioned activations or deactivations, executed by means of a single action through a switch or similar element.

Description of the Drawings

The attached drawings show the characteristics of Privat smartphone, according to the description of a preferred embodiment, so that:

 1. Figure 1 shows the front, back and bottom external perspectives of the smartphone, noting each of its parts according to the views. Being: front camera (1), upper speaker (2), power button and screen lock (3), privacy switch (4), anti-tracking switch (5), screen (6), upper microphone (7) , rear camera (1 1), volume controller (8), micro SD memory card slot of the private camera (9), SIM card slot and common micro SD memory of the smartphone (10), bottom speaker (12 ), USB connection (13), lower microphone (14) and connection for audio cable (15).

2. Figure 2 shows a side perspective, with the positions of the privacy switch (4), being that by means of this switch the operating mode is determined according to the following configuration: safe mode (fig. 2 a), mode normal (fig. 2 b), private camera mode (fig. 2 c).

 3. Figure 3 shows a side perspective, with the positions of the anti-tracking switch (5), being that through this switch the connection or disconnection of the GPS module is chosen, according to the following configuration: GPS connection (fig 3 a) and GPS disconnection (fig. 3 b).

4. Figure 4 shows a front perspective of the internal manufacturing configuration of Privat smartphone, consisting of: secondary electronic board (16), secondary board processor (17), internal memory of the secondary board (18), board primary electronics (21), primary board processor (19), internal memory of primary board (20), front camera (1), rear camera (1 1), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14), module GPS (22) and battery (23).

Description of a preferred embodiment

Below an operating configuration that as an example, shows, among several other ^options' configuration from the switches on and off is described. Since the fact of using other switch actuation configurations, different from the one of the present example, in which the amount of switch or the amount of activations and deactivations granted to each switch is modified, implies also the use of the principles, on which protection is sought through the patent and therefore are protected by it. In addition, it is understood as a switch, to any drive mechanism that can be used by the user, to execute on the smartphone, the hardware mechanisms, which perform the aforementioned activations or deactivations.

 According to the previous paragraph, a preferred embodiment for Privat smartphone is described, which has a configuration based on two external switches (4 and 5); being, a three position switch, called a privacy switch (4) and a two position switch, called an anti-trace switch (5).

The privacy switch (4) has three positions (fig. 2), activating according to its position one of the following modes:

 1. First position: safe mode (fig. 2 a), the operation of the primary electronic board (21) is activated, but the front camera (1), rear camera (11), upper microphone (7) resources are physically disabled ) and lower microphone (14), likewise, all other functions of the smart phone, including calls and applications that do not require the use of deactivated hardware resources, remain active; In this way, these resources are prevented from being unwantedly activated by any type of malicious spyware, thus avoiding being spied on.

 2. Second position: normal mode (fig. 2b), the operation of the primary electronic board (21) is activated, activating all device resources without restrictions, in this case Privat smartphone will be fully used, with all its functionalities , as any other smartphone would be used.

 3. Third position: private camera mode (fig. 2 c), the operation of the secondary electronic board (16) is activated, this board taking control of the front camera (1), rear camera (11), screen (6 ), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14), lower speaker (12) and battery (23); This is the purpose of providing a secure storage of photos and videos in a hardware environment exclusive for this purpose.

The anti-tracking switch (5) has two switch positions (fig. 3), activating according to the switch position one of the following modes:

1. First position: GPS connection mode (fig. 3 a), the GPS module (22) is physically activated, in this position it is possible to turn on the GPS module (22).

2. Second position: GPS disconnection mode (fig. 3b), the GPS module (22) is physically deactivated, in this position the GPS module (22) is necessarily deactivated at the hardware level and its software switching on is prevented, thus avoiding, that it can be used to undesirably track the location of the smartphone through geo location.

Claims

1. Privat smartphone, as the name implies is a smartphone characterized by protecting photo and video files, in addition to hardware resources: front camera (1), rear camera (11), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14) and GPS module (22), present in the smartphone, against the careless use of applications and spying by malicious software. These protection functionalities are achieved by means of a hardware mechanism that is based on the use of two independent electronic boards (16 and 21), a so-called primary electronic board (21) which executes the conventional functions of the smartphone and another call secondary electronic board (16), which is used only for the capture and storage of photos and videos. Each of the electronic boards has its own processor (17 and 19), operating system and memory (18 and 20), being functionally independent from each other, being able to be only one active at a time. In addition, both the electronic boards and the hardware resources mentioned above can be physically activated or deactivated by means of manually operated switches. 2. Privat smartphone, is a smartphone that is characterized by being manufactured with two independent electronic boards (16 and 21) within the same case, own smartphone. One of the boards, called primary electronic board (21), is responsible for executing all the conventional functions of a smartphone, and the other, called secondary electronic board (16), is only responsible for capturing and storing photos and videos . Each of the boards has its own processor (17 and 19), operating system and memories (18 and 20); sharing with each other the resources of cameras (1 and 11), microphones (7 and 14), lower speaker (12), screen (6), battery (22), in addition to any other electronic component that can be used by both plates ( 16 and 21), but that nevertheless does not interfere with the purpose that each board processes and stores its own files separately. Since only one board can be active at a time, the board that is not activated remains in a dormant state. The activation or deactivation of the plates (16 and 21) is carried out by means of a manually operated switch that can be located anywhere in the smartphone. 3. Privat smartphone, is a smartphone that is characterized by its hardware resources: front camera (1), rear camera (11), upper microphone (7), lower microphone (14) and GPS module (22) can be activated or deactivated one or several at a time, at the hardware level by means of one or several manually operated switches. 4. Prjvat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized in that the hardware resources and the electronic boards mentioned in the said claim can be activated or deactivated by any drive mechanism, which can be of a physical-mechanical type, such as a button or switch, or software type as an application or program designed to receive instructions and execute at hardware level, the aforementioned activations or deactivations.  5. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the primary electronic board (21) .  6. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the secondary electronic board (16) .  7. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated is used to select the electronic board that will be activated. 8. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the front camera (1).  9. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the rear camera (11).  10. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the upper microphone (7).  11. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the lower microphone (14). 12. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a GPS power switch (5), which can be understood as any device physically operated that can physically activate or deactivate the operation of the GPS module (22).  13. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of one, several or all cameras I could have the smartphone.  14. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated can physically activate or deactivate the operation of one, several or all microphones I could have the smartphone.  15. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 2, is characterized by having a privacy switch (4), which can be understood as any physical device that manually operated allows to select and activate one of the two electronic boards, it being understood that when activated and putting an electronic board in the foreground, the other is deactivated and placed in the latency state.  16. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1 claims ownership by means of this in any smartphone that in addition to the use of a common processor and memories for the general functions of the smartphone, has another parallel hardware system, with processor and memory for capturing and storing photos and videos.  17. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized in that it can have several pre-established configurations of use ^ operated by one or more switches, being that for each configuration case, it is possible to define which electronic board is active and that hardware resources are active together with that board, in this way, several configurations are possible, which are all protected by the present claim, since they make use of the protected principles mentioned in this document.  18. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized in that it has a manually operated switch called privacy switch (4), which activates the configuration in a safe way (fig. 2 a), being that in this case it is activates the primary electronic board (21), but the following hardware resources are deactivated: front camera (1), rear camera (11), upper microphone (7) and lower microphone (14). 19. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized in that it has a manually operated switch called privacy switch (4), which activates the normal mode setting (fig. 2b), being that in this case it is activated the plate Primary electronics (21), cameras (1 and 11) and microphones (7 and 14), resulting in control of all the hardware's own and shared hardware resources. 20. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized in that it has a manually operated switch, called a switch  21. Privacy (4), which activates the private camera mode setting (fig. 2 c), being that in this case the secondary electronic board (16), cameras (1 and 11) and microphones (7) are activated and 14), said electronic board resulting in the control of said resources, in addition to all other shared resources.  22. Privat smartphone, according to claim No. 1, is characterized in that it has a manually operated switch, called anti-tracking switch (5), which activates or deactivates the GPS module (22), regardless of the electronic board that is active that moment.