Methods and systems for auto-marking, watermarking, auditing, reporting, tracing and policy enforcement via e-mail and networking systems
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1. A method comprising:
- embedding a control mark within an electronic document created by a document word processor,wherein the control mark remains embedded in the electronic document after changing a body of the electronic document with the document word processor;
wherein the control mark cannot be changed by or removed with the document word processor; and
wherein the control mark includes an encrypted check sum configured to self-authenticate or self-validate the electronic document;
detecting at least one packet containing the electronic document transmitted over a network;
making a determination that the electronic document has been changed in response to detecting the control mark in the electronic document contained in the at least one packet; and
blocking access to the electronic document in response to the determination.
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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.
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1. A method comprising:
- embedding a control mark within an electronic document created by a document word processor,
wherein the control mark remains embedded in the electronic document after changing a body of the electronic document with the document word processor; wherein the control mark cannot be changed by or removed with the document word processor; and wherein the control mark includes an encrypted check sum configured to self-authenticate or self-validate the electronic document; detecting at least one packet containing the electronic document transmitted over a network; making a determination that the electronic document has been changed in response to detecting the control mark in the electronic document contained in the at least one packet; and blocking access to the electronic document in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- embedding a control mark within an electronic document created by a document word processor,
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11. A memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
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embedding a control mark within an electronic document created by a document word processor, wherein the control mark remains embedded in the electronic document after changing a body of the electronic document with the document word processor; wherein the control mark cannot be changed by or removed with the document word processor; and wherein the control mark includes an encrypted check sum configured to self-authenticate or self-validate the electronic document; and detecting transmitted network packets containing the electronic document, based on the control mark; making a determination that the electronic document contained in at least one of the transmitted packets has been changed; and blocking access to the electronic document contained in the at least one of the transmitted packets in response to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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