System and method for monitoring unauthorized dissemination of documents and portable media
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1. A method for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising the steps of:
- sending the electronic document to an output device;
determining which one of a plurality of distribution policies is associated with said electronic document that is sent;
instructing a marking module to embed a marking indicating at least the existence of said associated distribution policy on an output form of said electronic document produced by said output device, said embedded marking being readable to enforce said associated distribution policy as indicated by said marking;
detecting marking embedded in said output using a marking detection technique;
notifying at least one distribution policy enforcement facilitation module of the detection of said marking; and
performing a policy enforcement action on said output form according to said notification.
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Abstract
A method for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising the steps of: sending the document to an output device; determining said distribution policy associated with said document; instructing a marking module to embed a marking indicating at least the existence of said distribution policy on an output form of said electronic document produced by said output device, said marking being readable to enforce said associated marking policy.
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1. A method for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising the steps of:
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sending the electronic document to an output device; determining which one of a plurality of distribution policies is associated with said electronic document that is sent; instructing a marking module to embed a marking indicating at least the existence of said associated distribution policy on an output form of said electronic document produced by said output device, said embedded marking being readable to enforce said associated distribution policy as indicated by said marking; detecting marking embedded in said output using a marking detection technique; notifying at least one distribution policy enforcement facilitation module of the detection of said marking; and performing a policy enforcement action on said output form according to said notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for enforcing a distribution policy for documents comprising the steps of:
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embedding marking functionality within an electronic document output device, using said output device to produce output of an electronic document in output form; embedding distribution policy related information for said document on said output form using said marking functionality; detecting marking embedded in said output using a marking detection technique; notifying at least one distribution policy enforcement facilitation module of the detection of said marking; and performing a policy enforcement action regarding said output form according to said notification. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for enforcing a distribution policy associated with an electronic document comprising:
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an output device operable to produce an output form of said electronic document; a policy reference component operable to determine a distribution policy for said document; a marking module operable to embed a marking indicating at least the existence of said distribution policy on an output form of said electronic document produced by said output device, said marking being readable to enforce said associated marking policy, said policy reference component operable to instruct said marking module a marking detection device operable to detect marking embedded in said output; a distribution policy enforcement facilitation module, wherein said marking detection device is operable to notify said distribution policy enforcement facilitation module about detection of said marking, and wherein said distribution policy enforcement facilitation module is operable to perform a policy enforcement action on said output form according to said notification. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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