Patent ID: 7784087

Claim:
A system for selective sharing of electronic documents comprising: means for receiving a share request representative of at least one selected electronic document for which selective sharing is desired; a key generator adapted for generating a key, which key includes a token and a password, to allow for selective access to the at least one selected electronic document, the key generator including, a token generator adapted for generating the token in accordance with received share request, which token includes encrypted data representative of association of generated token data with the at least one selected electronic document as specified by a received share request, and a password generator for generating a password, which password is associated with a token generated in accordance with the received share request data; key output means for communicating the key to an associated user; key input means for receiving the key from an associated requestor; determining means for determining a condition as a one of active or expired of a token of the key received from the associated requestor; and document release means for releasing, to the associated requestor, access to the at least one selected electronic document associated with the received key in accordance with the determining means determining the active condition of the token.