Document Redaction in a Web-Based Data Analysis and Document Review System

• US 20090019379A1
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Published: 01/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inference Data LLC (DOAR Communications, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Inference Data LLC (DOAR Communications, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rupp, Richard, Pendergast, Brian S., Croce, Nicholas C.
• Application Number:
  US12/109,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20090019379A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems

Abstract

A web-based data analysis and document review system is operable to provide a graphical user interface that allows a user to make and save redactions within a selected document set, apply the redactions to other document sets, clear redactions on a particular page of a document, and clear all redactions within the document.

Claims

1. A method in a web-based data analysis and document review system, the method comprising:

providing a graphical user interface that allows a user to make and save redactions within a selected document set, apply the redactions to other document sets, clear redactions on a particular page of a document, and clear all redactions within the document.

2. The method of claim 1 including making redactions to multiple document sets substantially simultaneously.

3. The method of claim 2 including displaying a dialog box to allow the user to select the document sets to which the redactions are to be applied.

4. The method of claim 1 including saving multiple different redacted versions of a document.

5. The method of claim 1 including, when a cursor is placed over a redacted area of a document, displaying an information box that indicates the identification of a person who added the redaction to the document, and at least one of the date and time of the redaction.

6. The method of claim 1 including displaying a label over a redacted area of a document, wherein contents of the label are specified by entering information through the graphical user interface.

7. The method of claim 1 including displaying a dialog box listing a history of a selected redaction.

8. The method of claim 1 including providing redaction capabilities on a per-user basis, wherein different users or classes of users are given different redaction capabilities.

9. The method of claim 1 including recording a position of a redacted area of the document by specifying coordinates of the document area to be redacted.

10. A web-based data analysis and document review system comprising:

a user terminal; and

one or more servers coupled to the user terminal to provide a graphical user interface that allows a user to make and save redactions within a selected document set, apply the redactions to other document sets, clear redactions on a particular page of a document, and clear all redactions within the document.

11. The system of claim 10 operable to allow the user to make redactions to multiple document sets substantially simultaneously.

12. The system claim 11 wherein the one or more servers are operable to display a dialog box to allow the user to select the document sets to which the redactions are to be applied.

13. The system of claim 10 operable to save multiple different redacted versions of a document.

14. The system of claim 10 arranged so that when a cursor is placed over a redacted area of a document appearing on the user terminal, the system displays an information box that indicates the identification of a person who added the redaction to the document, and at least one of the date and time of the redaction.

15. The system of claim 10 operable to display a label over a redacted area of a document, wherein contents of the label are based on information entered through the graphical user interface.

16. The system of claim 10 operable to display a dialog box listing a history of a selected redaction.

17. The system of claim 10 arranged to provide redaction capabilities on a per-user basis, wherein different users or classes of users are given different redaction capabilities.

18. The system of claim 10 operable to record a position of a redacted area of the document by specifying coordinates of the document area to be redacted.

19. An article comprising a machine-readable medium that stores machine-executable instructions for causing a machine in a web-based data analysis and document review system to:

provide a graphical user interface that allows a user to make and save redactions within a selected document set, apply the redactions to other document sets, clear redactions on a particular page of a document, and clear all redactions within the document.

20. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to make redactions to multiple document sets substantially simultaneously in response to a user request.

21. The article of claim 20 including instructions to cause the machine to display a dialog box to allow the user to select the document sets to which the redactions are to be applied.

22. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to save multiple different redacted versions of a document.

23. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to display an information box when a cursor is placed over a redacted area of a document, wherein the information box indicates the identification of a person who added the redaction to the document, and at least one of the date and time of the redaction.

24. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to display a label over a redacted area of a document, wherein contents of the label are specified by entering information through the graphical user interface.

25. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to display a dialog box listing a history of a selected redaction.

26. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to provide redaction capabilities on a per-user basis, wherein different users or classes of users are given different redaction capabilities.

27. The article of claim 19 including instructions to cause the machine to record a position of a redacted area of the document by specifying coordinates of the document area to be redacted.