Patent ID: 8896858

Claim:
An apparatus for generating a secured electronic document, wherein said apparatus comprises a non-volatile computer readable medium storing a plurality of programmatic instructions, wherein said programmatic instructions, when executed by a processor, generate the secured electronic document by: receiving an unprotected document comprising content; receiving a public key specific to a document service; generating a first portion of said secured electronic document, wherein said first portion comprises said public key; generating a second document portion of said secured electronic document, wherein said second document portion comprises a password and wherein the second document portion is encrypted using said public key; generating a third document portion of said secured electronic document, wherein said third document portion comprises the content of the unprotected document wherein said third document portion is protected using said password; and forming said secured document using said first document portion, second document portion, and third document portion, thereby creating the secured electronic document having the public key, the password, and the content incorporated therein.