Patent ID: 8196183

Claim:
A computer readable medium useful in association with a computer which includes a processor and a memory, the computer readable medium being non-transitory and including computer instructions which are configured to cause the computer to assure adherence to a policy by a package to be delivered from a sender associated with an enterprise to one or more recipients through a computer network by: responsive to receipt of package data which is generated by the sender and which specifies the package, applying a policy to the package wherein the policy is specified by policy data received from a policy authority of the sender, the policy authority including a rule base associated with the sender enterprise; determining whether the policy permits delivery of the package; and upon a condition in which the policy permits delivery of the package, delivering the package by: sending notification to the recipients wherein the notification includes package identification data; and responsive to receipt of the package identification data from a particular one of the recipients, providing the particular recipient with access to the package.