Collaborative email with delegable authorities
First Claim
1. A method for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the method comprising:
- establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
identifying one or more signatories for the document;
identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with revisions from the collaborators; and
sending the collaborative email document from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.
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Abstract
Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories. Typical embodiments also include providing at least one user authority to delegate signature authority, establishing a hierarchy of delegation authority for signatures, establishing at least one authority delegation policy including at least one rule for automated delegation of signature authority among signatories and delegating signature authority from at least one signatory to another.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the method comprising:
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establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
identifying one or more signatories for the document;
identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with revisions from the collaborators; and
sending the collaborative email document from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the system comprising:
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means for establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
means for identifying one or more signatories for the document;
means for identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
means for providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
means for updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with revisions from the collaborators; and
means for sending the collaborative email document from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for writing a collaborative email document with delegable authorities, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator'"'"'s computer;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying one or more signatories for the document;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, wherein the collaborators'"'"' copies reside on collaborators'"'"' computers;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for updating the copies of the document on collaborators'"'"' computers with revisions from the collaborators; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for sending the collaborative email document from the administrator'"'"'s computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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