Viewing content under enterprise digital rights management without a client side access component

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program product for enabling a user without a client side enterprise digital rights management (E-DRM) access component to view content under enterprise digital rights management, the computer program product comprising:

• program code for receiving from a remotely located user device without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component, by a computer, encrypted content identified as governed by an enterprise digital rights management system;
• program code for temporarily storing, by the computer, the identified content governed by the enterprise digital rights management system in a cache;
• program code for determining from a predefined E-DRM privilege, by the computer,
• whether the user device has sufficient access rights to view the encrypted content without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component;
• and
• whether the user device is located in a location that allows access rights to view the encrypted content without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component;
• responsive to determining that the user device has sufficient access rights to view the identified content governed by the enterprise digital rights management system and that the user device is located at location that allows access rights to view the identified content, program code for transforming the identified content into a secure, viewable format, by the computer, wherein the user device has more than read-only rights relative to the identified content but is restricted to read-only rights responsive to viewing the identified content without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component;
• and
• program code for securely transmitting the identified content back to the user device in the secure, viewable format to the user device, such that the user device can view the identified content governed by the enterprise digital rights management system without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component.

A computer system for enabling a user without a client side enterprise digital rights management (E-DRM) access component to view content under enterprise digital rights management, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• system memory;
• a caching module for:
• receiving from a remotely located user device without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component, encrypted content identified as governed by an enterprise digital rights management system;
• and
• temporarily storing the identified content governed by the enterprise digital rights management system in a cache;
• an E-DRM authentication module for:
• determining from a predefined E-DRM privilege, whether the user has sufficient access rights to view the encrypted content without a local enterprise digital rights management access component;
• and
• determining whether the user device is located in a location that allows access rights to view the encrypted content without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component;
• a content-transformation module for, responsive to determining that the user device has sufficient access rights to view the identified content governed by the enterprise digital rights management system and that the user device is located at location that allows access rights to view the identified content, transforming the identified content into a secure, viewable format, wherein the user device has more than read-only rights relative to the identified content but is restricted to read-only rights responsive to viewing the identified content without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component;
• and
• a server transmission module for securely transmitting the identified content back to the user device in the secure, viewable format to the user device, such that the user device can view the identified content governed by the enterprise digital rights management system without a client side enterprise digital rights management access component.