US Patent 9015854 Access rights management in enterprise digital rights management systems

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.