Patent ID: 7360079

Claim:
A method for a document processing server to process communications between a sender and at least one recipient and to verify an identity of the sender and the at least one recipient for establishing a secured communication channel, the method comprising: at the document processing server: obtaining a request from the sender to transmit an electronic document to at least one recipient; obtaining an electronic document corresponding to the request from the sender, wherein the electronic document is encrypted with an encryption key corresponding solely to the sender and the document processing server; processing the electronic document wherein processing the electronic document includes encrypting the electronic document with an encryption key corresponding solely to at least one recipient and the document processing server; verifying the identity of the designated at least one recipient and the identity of the sender; upon verification, establishing a secured communication channel with the at least one recipient; transmitting the processed electronic document to the designated at least one recipient; wherein the sender and the designated at least one recipient do not verify the identity of each other; and wherein the sender and the designated at least one recipient do not share encryption keys.