Patent ID: 7596689
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating a secure delivery of a document over a network from a sender to a next stage on a routing list, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication that a sender desires to deliver a document to a next stage on a routing list for the document; identifying a recipient from the next stage of the routing list; sending an inquiry to a public key database to determine whether the recipient has a public key listed in the public key database; receiving a response to said inquiry, said response selected from the group of said recipient having a public key in said database and said recipient not having a public key in said database; if said response is said recipient having a public key in said public key database, completing the steps of: if said response is said recipient not having a public key in said public key database, completing the steps of: