ACCESS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN ENTERPRISE DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• US 20130036475A1
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TATA Consultancy Services Limited (Tata Sons Pvt Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ramachandran, Arun
• Granted Patent: US 9,015,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Systems and methods for obtaining access rights to an encrypted document are described. The method comprises receiving a request for obtaining access rights to the encrypted document from a requestor, through an eDRM interface. The method further comprises generating a request inbox corresponding to a granter of the encrypted document. The request inbox contains at least the request received from the requestor. The generated request inbox is sent to the granter through the eDRM interface. The method furthermore comprises obtaining a response to the request from the granter, and providing a status alert indicative of the response to the requestor through the eDRM interface.

Claims

1. A method for obtaining access rights to an encrypted document using an enterprise digital rights management (eDRM) system, the method comprising:

receiving a request for obtaining access rights to the encrypted document from a requestor, through an eDRM interface;

generating a request inbox corresponding to a granter of the encrypted document, wherein the request inbox contains at least the request received from the requestor;

sending the request inbox to the granter through the eDRM interface;

obtaining a response to the request from the granter; and

providing a status alert to the requestor through the eDRM interface, wherein the status alert is indicative of the response.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:

evaluating a risk factor for the requestor based in part on data stored in a request database, wherein the data stored in the request database comprises the request and the response; and

generating a risk alert based on the evaluating.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising initiating a request pending alert for the granter on the eDRM interface, wherein the request pending alert is indicative of the request awaiting the response from the granter.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating is performed at predetermined time intervals.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating is performed when the requestor clicks on a request inbox tab on the eDRM interface.

6. An enterprise digital rights management (eDRM) server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising;

a rights request module configured to;

receive a request for obtaining access rights to the encrypted document from a requestor, through an eDRM interface;

generate a request inbox corresponding to a granter of the encrypted document, wherein the request inbox contains at least the request received from the requestor;

send the request inbox to the granter through the eDRM interface;

obtain a response to the request from the granter; and

provide the response to the requestor through the eDRM interface.

7. The eDRM server as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rights request module is further configured to store the request and the response in a request database.

8. The eDRM server as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rights request module generates the request inbox at predetermined time intervals.

9. The eDRM server as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rights request module generates the request inbox when the requestor clicks on a request inbox tab on the eDRM interface.

10. The eDRM server as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rights request module is further configured to generate a request pending alert for the granter on the eDRM interface, wherein the request pending alert is indicative of the request awaiting the response from the granter.

11. The eDRM server as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a risk evaluation module configured to:

evaluate a risk factor for the requestor based at least in part on data in the request database; and

generate a risk alert, when the risk factor is above a predefined threshold.

12. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method comprising:

receiving a request for obtaining access rights to the encrypted document from a requestor, through an eDRM interface;

generating a request inbox corresponding to a granter of the encrypted document, wherein the request inbox contains at least the request received from the requestor;

sending the request inbox to the granter through the eDRM interface;

obtaining a response to the request from the granter; and

providing a status alert to the requestor through the eDRM interface, wherein the status alert is indicative of the response.

13. The computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 12 further comprising:

evaluating a risk factor for the requestor based in part on data stored in a request database, wherein the data stored in the request database includes the request and the response; and

generating a risk alert based on the evaluating.

14. The computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 12 further comprising initiating a request pending alert for the granter on the eDRM interface, wherein the request pending alert is indicative of the request awaiting the response from the granter.

15. The computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the generating is performed at predetermined time intervals.

16. The computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 12, wherein the generating is performed when the requestor clicks on a request inbox tab on the eDRM interface.