System and method for the centralized management of a document ordering and delivery program

A computer-implemented document management system comprising:

• an interface module configured to communicatively connect to an application operating on a user device, wherein the application comprises a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on the user device and configured to provide a user with access to the document management system via the interface module, wherein the user is associated with a client, wherein the GUI comprising a first portal and a second portal, wherein the first portal is configured to allow the user to order one or more documents from the document management system and the second portal is configured to allow the user to access the one or more documents associated with at least one of the user or the client and display the one or more documents on the user device;
• a collection generator computer module communicatively connected to the interface module, the collection generator computer module configured to create a client collection comprising a plurality of internally-held documents;
• a rights engine computer module communicatively connected to the collection generator computer module and a contracts database, the rights engine computer module configured to:
• associate each of the plurality of internally-held documents in the created client collection with usage rights and associate each of the plurality of internally-held documents in the created client collection with access rights;
• a document order processor communicatively connected to the interface module, the document order processor configured to:
• receive an order for a requested document from the user device via the interface module, wherein the requested document comprises a citation relating to the requested document, compare the citation with a set of citation templates, when there is a match between the citation and at least one of the citation templates in the set of citation templates, parse the citation in view of the matched citation template to identify at least one candidate document, when there is no match between the citation and the at least one of the citation templates in the set of citation templates, create a set of candidate documents, wherein each of the candidate documents in the created set of candidate documents has at least one element of the citation and a corresponding weight assigned to the at least one element of the citation, combine the corresponding weights for each of the elements of the at least one element of the citation and send the combined corresponding weights for each of the elements of the at least one element of the citation to the user;
• select, by the user via the interface module, a candidate document from the identified at least one candidate document or from the created set of candidate documents based on the combined corresponding weights;
• determine if the selected candidate document is available in the created client collection;
• and
• a compliance computer module communicatively connected to the document order processor, the compliance computer module configured to:
• verify compliance with the access rights and the usage rights associated with the selected candidate document if the selected candidate document is available in the created client collection, wherein, if the selected candidate document has been verified to be in compliance with the usage rights and the access rights, the selected candidate document is delivered to the user by the document order processor.