Patent ID: 8769492

Claim:
A computerized system for updating content in an electronic document, wherein the updating relies on the existence of a persisted policy scheme, said system comprising: a rights management server operatively connected to a data communication network, said rights management server storing the persisted policy schema, and a message transfer agent computing device operatively connected to the data communication network, said agent computing device having a document store associated therewith, said agent computing device configured to execute instructions for: accepting the electronic document into the document store via the data communication network; accessing the persisted policy schema stored on the rights management server via the data communication network; identifying one or more rights management protections associated with content of the electronic document, said rights management protections being defined by the persisted policy scheme; pre-licensing the accepted electronic document by obtaining, on behalf of a user, a use license associated with the content of the electronic document, said use license being obtained from the rights management server via the data communication network and being defined by the persisted policy scheme; determining whether the content of the electronic document has exceeded the rights management protections defined by the persisted policy scheme; modifying a portion of the content corresponding to the exceeded right management protections when the content of the electronic document has exceeded the rights management protections; and permitting use of the modified content of the electronic document in accordance with the defined restrictions of the obtained use license.