Information rights management offline file access facility

A system for providing secure offline file access utilizing information rights management, comprising:

• an information rights management (IRM) server comprising a database of IRM-protected documents, and a document access manager for generating one or more consumption licenses for offline file access;
• and
• a user device comprising:
• a) at least one processor;
• b) at least one input device;
• and
• c) at least one storage device storing processor executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method to:
• store one or more IRM-protected documents in a secure local storage on a user device;
• store the one or more consumption licenses associated with the one or more IRM-protected documents in the secure local storage on the user device, wherein the one or more consumption licenses is required to access one or more IRM-protected documents;
• detect a loss of network connectivity on the user device;
• in response to detecting the loss of network connectivity, write the one or more consumption licenses to an IRM location in memory on the user device;
• receive a request to open a document of the one or more IRM-protected documents during the loss of network connectivity;
• read the consumption license from the IRM location in memory;
• and
• enable access to the requested IRM-protected document based on the consumption license.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer instructions that, when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform a method for providing secure offline file access utilizing information rights management (IRM), comprising:

• storing one or more IRM-protected documents in a secure local storage on a user device;
• storing one or more consumption licenses associated with the one or more IRM-protected documents in the secure local storage on the user device, wherein the one or more consumption licenses is required to access one or more IRM-protected documents;
• detecting a loss of network connectivity on the user device;
• in response to detecting the loss of network connectivity, writing the one or more consumption licenses to an IRM location in memory on the user device;
• receiving a request to open a document of the one or more IRM-protected documents during the loss of network connectivity;
• reading the consumption license from the IRM location in memory;
• and
• enabling access to the requested IRM-protected document based on the consumption license.