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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Chandresh K. Jain, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Redmond, WA (US);
Frank D. Byrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward Banti, Seattle, WA (US);
Ayse Yesim Koman, Seattle, WA (US);
James R. Knibb, Kirland, WA (US);
Michael A. Nelte, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Barnes, Redmond, WA (US);
Hao Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Victor Boctor, Redmond, WA (US);
Tejas D. Patel, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuhui Zhong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Pankaj M. Kamat, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amit K. Fulay, Kirkland, WA (US);
Krassimir E. Karamfilov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chandresh K. Jain, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mayank Mehta, Redmond, WA (US);
Frank D. Byrum, Seattle, WA (US);
Edward Banti, Seattle, WA (US);
Ayse Yesim Koman, Seattle, WA (US);
James R. Knibb, Kirland, WA (US);
Michael A. Nelte, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Barnes, Redmond, WA (US);
Hao Zhang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Victor Boctor, Redmond, WA (US);
Tejas D. Patel, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuhui Zhong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gregory Kostal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Vladimir Yarmolenko, Duvall, WA (US);
Pankaj M. Kamat, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amit K. Fulay, Kirkland, WA (US);
Krassimir E. Karamfilov, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Business to business secure mail may be provided. Consistent with embodiments of the invention, a protected message may be received. The recipient may request a token from a trust broker, submit the token to an authorization server associated with the sender, receive a user license from the authorization server; and decrypt the protected message using the user license. The protected message may restrict actions that may be taken by the recipient, such as forwarding to other users.