Patent ID: 7716481

Claim:
A system for propagation of security information for secure information exchange comprising: a document device in data communication with a document processor, the document device configured to, receive a first authentication data portion from a trusted server, append the first authentication data portion to a second authentication data portion, representative of a new authentication operation, which second authentication data portion is uniquely assigned to the document device, and transmit a first electronic document to the document processor with a header portion inclusive of the first and second authentication data portions and instructions for processing of the electronic document; a controller, associated with the document processor, configure to receive the first electronic document and header portion from the document device into a controller associated with the document processor, the controller being inclusive of a processor operating in conjunction with a data storage; the controller configured to access the trusted server corresponding to the first authentication data portion; the controller configured to receive, from the trusted server, confirmation data representative of acceptability of the second authentication data portion; and the document processor configured to register the document device for future document processing operations in accordance with received confirmation data.