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1. A method, comprising:
- associating a description of an attribute of a data set with a digital document stored at a memory, the data set capable of being included in the digital document; and
generating a digital signature based on the digital document, the generating including the description of the attribute, the generating not including the data set.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes adding data associated with a description of an attribute of a data set to a digital document and generating a digital signature based on the digital document. The data associated with description of the attribute is included in the generating. The data set is not included in the generating. The data set is capable of being included in the digital document. In some embodiments, a data set is a textual string. In some embodiments, an attribute is a pattern such as, for example, a pattern of characters in a textual string.
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1. A method, comprising:
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associating a description of an attribute of a data set with a digital document stored at a memory, the data set capable of being included in the digital document; and generating a digital signature based on the digital document, the generating including the description of the attribute, the generating not including the data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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generating a digital signature based on a digital document stored at a memory, the digital document including data associated with an attribute potentially possessed by a data set, the generating including the data associated with the attribute, the generating not including the data set; validating the digital signature; and determining whether the data set possesses the attribute. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more processor-readable media storing code representing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
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generate a digital signature based on a digital document stored at a memory; access a description of an attribute within the digital document, the attribute associated with a data set capable of being included in the digital document; and determine whether the data set possesses the attribute. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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