Secure and reliable document delivery using routing lists
AssigneeMessage Secure
InventorsEng-Whatt Toh, Kok-Hoon Teo
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Abstract
An operations center (OC) (200) acts as an intermediary for securely and reliably transmitting a document (3) from a sender (100) to a next recipient (300) on a routing list. The OC (200) identifies (464) a recipient (300) from the next stage of the routing list and provides either the recipient's public key (404) or an escrow encryption key (406). The OC (200) optionally can authenticate the sender (100) and/or the recipient (300), thus increasing security.
Claims57
A method for facilitating a secure delivery of a document from a sender to a next recipient on a routing list, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an indication that a sender desires to deliver a document to a next stage on a routing list for the document;
- identifying a recipient from the next stage of the routing list;
- and
- providing a key selected from a group consisting of the recipient's public key and an escrow encryption key.
A computer program product for facilitating a secure delivery of a document from a sender to a next recipient on a routing list, the computer program product comprising program code adapted to perform the steps of:
- receiving an indication that a sender desires to deliver a document to a next stage on a routing list for the document;
- identifying a recipient from the next stage of the routing list;
- and
- providing a key selected from a group consisting of the recipient's public key and an escrow encryption key.
An operations center for facilitating a secure delivery of a document from a sender to a next recipient on a routing list, the operations center comprising:
- means for receiving an indication that a sender desires to deliver a document to a next stage on a routing list for the document;
- means for identifying a recipient from the next stage of the routing list;
- and
- means for providing a key selected from a group consisting of the recipient's public key and an escrow encryption key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.