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Identity-based-encryption message management system

  • US 8,041,953 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2009
  • Issued: 10/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of processing outgoing email messages from an organization, wherein the organization has a network, a gateway, a private key generator, and a plurality of users and wherein the gateway, the private key generator, and the users are connected by the network, the method comprising:

  • using the gateway in connecting the network of the organization to the Internet;

    at the gateway, processing an email message created by a user to be sent to a recipient over the Internet to determine whether the email message should be encrypted; and

    if it is determined that the email message should be encrypted, using an identity-based-encryption (IBE) public key of the recipient and an IBE encryption engine at the gateway to encrypt the email message.

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