Patent ID: 9338166
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating credentials for access to a given electronic document having content protected by a given rights management policy and managed by a rights management client, comprising: receiving an indication at the rights management client of an attempt to access the electronic document having the content protected by the rights management policy, wherein said electronic document comprises rights management configuration information embedded in the electronic document that specifies access rights with respect to the content that is protected and one or more authentication parameters for performing authentication with a remote server in regard to the electronic document, wherein the rights management configuration information from said electronic document indicates a particular authentication protocol to be performed for the authentication with the remote server; responsive to the attempt to access the electronic document: in response to receiving the single response, the rights management client providing access to the electronic document and content that is protected according to said rights management configuration information embedded in the electronic document.