Document policies for a document processing unit

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a machine result in the following:

• receiving, at a document processing unit, information associated with a document to be processed;
• automatically analyzing, by the document processing unit, the received information in view of at least one pre-determined document policy;
• and
• automatically determining, by the document processing unit based on said analysis, whether to apply a policy action, associated with the pre-determined document policy, to the processing of the document.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a policy database storing a pre-determined document policy and associated policy action;
• and
• a document processing unit, coupled to the policy database, to:
• (i) receive information associated with a document to be processed, (ii) analyze the received information in view of at least one pre-determined document policy in the policy database, and (iii) determine, based on said analysis, whether to apply the policy action associated with the pre-determined document policy to the processing of the document.

A system, comprising:

• a network interface component;
• a policy database storing a pre-determined document policy and associated policy action;
• and
• a document processing unit, coupled to the network interface component and policy database, to:
• (i) receive information associated with a document to be processed, (ii) analyze the received information in view of at least one pre-determined document policy in the policy database, and (iii) determine, based on said analysis, whether to apply the policy action associated with the pre-determined document policy to the processing of the document, wherein the document processing unit is further to exchange data associated with the document to be processed via the network interface component.