Patent ID: 9661001
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for protecting a content item, the method comprising: determining a relationship between a user and two or more servers, wherein the two or more servers are configured to manage information rights for a content item; in response to receiving a request from the user to protect the content item, displaying a list of the two or more servers, wherein the list of the two or more servers is displayed in a user interface within an application used to create the content item; and displaying a list of templates supported by at least one of the two or more servers, wherein the list of the predefined templates is displayed in the user interface within the application used to create the content item, and wherein the one or more templates identify information rights to be applied to the content item by a selected one of the two or more servers; receiving a selection of the one or more templates; and applying the information rights of the selected template to the content item.