Patent ID: 9219715
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of a mediator enforcing policies to a resource utilizing an electronic content, comprising: receiving, by a mediator computing device 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; determining, by the mediator, whether the member is eligible to access the electronic content based at least in part on the policies associated with the group, 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.