Patent ID: 8976967
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of a mediator monitoring and controlling access to an electronic content, comprising: receiving, by a mediator server of a mediator, a second share SK wherein the group is created by the owner server generating a group public key PK wherein the member is added by the owner server to the group by generating the first share SK wherein a user publishes an electronic content for the group, comprising the user encrypting the electronic content to the group public key PK wherein the member obtains the encrypted electronic content; further comprising; the mediator receiving a request from the member for mediation, comprising the mediator receiving a dispatch of the header of the encrypted electronic content; the mediator receiving a request, by the member, for mediation, comprising the mediator receiving a dispatch of the header of the encrypted electronic content from the member; determining, by the mediator, whether the member is eligible to decrypt the electronic content, if eligible, the mediator responding to the request for mediation with a member accessible header, wherein the member accessible header includes the header after application of SK wherein the member obtains a secret based on SK wherein the member decrypts the payload of the electronic content using the secret.