Patent ID: 7092914

Claim:
A method including the following steps: creating a secure container; assigning a potential user or recipient to a class, the assignment being based at least in part on information regarding the potential user or recipient's previous use of content; associating a first rule with the secure container, the rule at least in part governing use of at least some contents of the secure container contents, the first rule at least in part specifying potential users or recipients of the secure container contents, the specifying being based at least in part on the class to which the potential users or recipients have been assigned; sending the secure container to a first remote party; the first remote party embedding a content object in the secure container; sending the secure container, including the embedded content object, to the potential user or recipient; evaluating a digital certificate associated with the potential user or recipient; determining, based at least in part on the digital certificate, that the potential user or recipient has been assigned to the class; and based on the determination, and at least in part under control of the first rule, making at least some of the secure container contents available to the potential user or recipient.