Electronic document policy compliance techniques
First Claim
1. A method of providing electronic document services in a computer network comprising a document management entity operable to provide electronic documents to users over electronic document delivery paths between the document management entity and document users, the method comprising:
- providing a document management entity remote from the users'"'"' servers and connected to the users'"'"' servers through the Internet;
providing a database associated with the document management entity, the database having user profiles associated with one or more of the users;
storing an electronic document in the document management entity, the stored electronic document addressed to the one or more users;
determining an electronic document source for the stored electronic document;
examining at least one of the electronic document content and the electronic document source; and
processing the electronic document based on the examination of the at least one the electronic document content and the electronic document source, and further in accordance with the user profile of the one or more users to whom the document is addressed.
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Abstract
According to the described embodiments, an intermediate electronic messaging service is inserted into a message delivery path connecting to an e-mail entity such as an ISP. A database is provided in the intermediate service, the database having user profiles associated with the users of the ISP or other e-mail entity. The intermediate service receives email message over the electronic message delivery path into which it has been inserted, where the e-mail messages comprise at least content and IP routing information. Within the intermediate service, at least one of the content and the IP routing information of the received e-mail message is examined, and the e-mail message is then delivered to a destination based on the examination and in accordance with a user profile in the database in the intermediate service.
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40 Claims
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1. A method of providing electronic document services in a computer network comprising a document management entity operable to provide electronic documents to users over electronic document delivery paths between the document management entity and document users, the method comprising:
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providing a document management entity remote from the users'"'"' servers and connected to the users'"'"' servers through the Internet;
providing a database associated with the document management entity, the database having user profiles associated with one or more of the users;
storing an electronic document in the document management entity, the stored electronic document addressed to the one or more users;
determining an electronic document source for the stored electronic document;
examining at least one of the electronic document content and the electronic document source; and
processing the electronic document based on the examination of the at least one the electronic document content and the electronic document source, and further in accordance with the user profile of the one or more users to whom the document is addressed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electronic document system for managing electronic documents in a computer network, the system comprising:
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a document management entity operable to provide electronic documents to users over electronic document delivery paths between the document management entity and document users, the document management entity remote from the users'"'"' servers and connected to the users'"'"' servers through the Internet;
a database associated with the document management entity, the database having user profiles associated with one or more of the users and configured to store an electronic document addressed to the one or more users in the document management entity; and
wherein the document management entity comprises an electronic document processor configured to;
determine an electronic document source for the stored electronic document, examine at least one of the electronic document content and the electronic document source, and process the electronic document based on the examination of the at least one the electronic document content and the electronic document source, and further in accordance with the user profile of the one or more users to whom the document is addressed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of providing electronic document services in a computer network comprising a document management entity operable to provide electronic documents to users over electronic document delivery paths between the document management entity and document users, the method comprising:
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providing a document management entity remote from the users'"'"' servers and connected to the users'"'"' servers through the Internet;
providing a database associated with the document management entity, the database having user profiles associated with one or more of the users;
storing an electronic document in the document management entity, the stored electronic document addressed to the one or more users;
determining an electronic document source for the stored electronic document;
examining at least one of the electronic document content and the electronic document source;
processing the electronic document based on the examination of the at least one the electronic document content and the electronic document source, and further in accordance with the user profile of the one or more users to whom the document is addressed;
comprises delivering a hyperlink to the stored electronic document to the one or more users;
providing access via the document management entity to the electronic document to the one or more users that click on the hyperlink; and
delivering the entire electronic document to the one or more users that clicked on the hyperlink. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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