Knowledgebase article Digital Rights Management Middleware

The Protector family of digital rights management solutions form a unique class of middleware solutions providing drm  services to applications. Applications can include content management applications, Bayesian search systems, Databases, Collaboration Networks, Virtual Libraries, Distributed Searches, advanced pattern recognition technologies probabilistic modeling and digital signal processing.

The digital rights management middleware layer is implemented client-side but controlled in parallel by a rights management server. In addition it can be applied to any application over a secure intranet or extranet as well as on traditional virtual private networks (VPNs).

Access is granted at the application layer, rather than the network layer, eliminating network exposure to such threats as viruses, Trojans and hackers.

The administator can also control access down to the file, application, or URL level to unaffiliated partners and clients.

The middleware architecture means that no software has to be specially configured on the users' computers, thus reducing the support costs.