Patent ID: 7143066

Claim:
A method including the steps of: generating a first content object; packaging the first content object with metadata and a first rule; communicating the first content object to a matching and classification utility; at the matching and classification utility, using the metadata to assign the content object to a content class; packaging the first content object in a secure container having associated the first rule, and a second rule added at the matching and classification utility; communicating the secure container to a user chosen based at least in part on a match between the content class and a user class to which the user had been assigned; at the user's site, the user complying with the first rule or the second rule and, based on the compliance, opening the secure container to retrieve at least a portion of the first content object; and at the user's site, the user using at least a portion of the first content object, the use at least in part controlled by the first rule or the second rule.