Patent ID: 8938808
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for using virtualization to implement information rights management, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: intercepting, at a virtualization module on the computing device, a request from an application to access data; querying an information-rights-management database of an information-rights-management system for a virtualization policy associated with the access request and associated with a user who is logged onto the computing device, wherein the information-rights management system establishes the virtualization policy; receiving, at the virtualization module, the virtualization policy from the information-rights-management database; controlling access to the data by applying the virtualization policy to the access request in a manner that is transparent to the application, wherein applying the virtualization policy to the access request comprises: