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US 8,805,979 B2Granted
Methods and systems for auto-marking, watermarking, auditing, reporting, tracing and policy enforcement via e-mail and networking systems
AssigneeAlearo Properties Limited Liability Company
InventorsShlomo Touboul, Robert Edward Yusin
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Abstract
A method for tracking the routing of an electronic document, including embedding a unique identifier within an electronic document and monitoring e-mail messages transmitted from senders to recipients, for detection of e-mail messages having the electronic document embedded therewithin or attached thereto, based on the unique identifier. A system and computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed.
Claims28
A method, comprising:
- detecting an electronic message transmitted over a network based at least in part on identifying an electronic document embedded within or attached to the electronic message;
- extracting a control mark from the electronic document;
- generating an audit record by:
- tracking a routing path of the electronic message;
- and
- logging a sender, a recipient, a date, or a time associated with the electronic message based at least in part on detecting the electronic message;
- generating a tracking report corresponding to the electronic document, a specified user, or a specified time period;
- and
- blocking transmission of the electronic message based at least in part on determining tampering of the control mark,
- wherein the control mark remains embedded and unchanged in the electronic document after alteration of the electronic document.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory device configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processing device configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to:
- monitor e-mail messages transmitted from senders to recipients;
- detect an e-mail message having an electronic document embedded therewithin or attached thereto, based on a unique identifier;
- extract the unique identifier from the electronic document;
- generate an audit record by tracking a routing path of the e-mail message and logging a sender, a recipient, a date, or a time associated with the e-mail message based at least in part on detecting the e-mail message
- generate a tracking report corresponding to the electronic document, a specified user, or a specified time period;
- and
- block transmission of the e-mail message based at least in part on determining tampering of the unique identifier,
- wherein the unique identifier remains static in the electronic document regardless of alteration of the electronic document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.