METHOD FOR PROTECTING CONTENT OF A FAX CONFIRMATION SHEET
First Claim
1. A method for protecting content printed on a confirmation page of a faxed document, the method comprising:
- receiving a digital image of a page of a fax document;
identifying content in said page of said digital image to be displayed on a confirmation page;
modifying at least a portion of said identified content such that said content is no longer visibly legible;
obtaining a template of said fax confirmation page for said fax document;
combining said modified content with said retrieved fax confirmation page template; and
providing said confirmation page to an output device.
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Abstract
What is provided are a system, method, and computer program product for protecting information displayed on a fax confirmation page. Several embodiments are provided. In one embodiment, for example, a Gaussian kernel is used to blur the digitized image to be printed on the confirmation page. In one method, a large enough blur kernel is selected so that text of a certain size will be rendered illegible. A method is also provided wherein a copy of the first page of the faxed document used to provide the content to be displayed on the confirmation page of the faxed document is stored on a storage device. A character sequence which references the stored original content on the storage media is printed on the confirmation page. A new confirmation page can be reconstructed and printed if it is desirable to have the altered content made visibly legible. Various other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A method for protecting content printed on a confirmation page of a faxed document, the method comprising:
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receiving a digital image of a page of a fax document; identifying content in said page of said digital image to be displayed on a confirmation page; modifying at least a portion of said identified content such that said content is no longer visibly legible; obtaining a template of said fax confirmation page for said fax document; combining said modified content with said retrieved fax confirmation page template; and providing said confirmation page to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for protecting content printed on a confirmation page of a faxed document, the system comprising:
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a memory and a storage medium for storing data; and a processor in communication with said storage medium and said memory, said processor executing a machine readable instructions for performing; receiving a digital image of a page of a fax document; identifying content in said page of said digital image to be displayed on a confirmation page; modifying at least a portion of said identified content such that said content is no longer visibly legible; obtaining a template of said fax confirmation page for said fax document; combining said modified content with said retrieved fax confirmation page template; and providing said confirmation page to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for protecting content printed on a confirmation page of a faxed document, the computer program product comprising:
a computer-usable data carrier storing instructions that, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising; receiving a digital image of a page of a fax document; identifying content in said page of said digital image to be displayed on a confirmation page; modifying at least a portion of said identified content such that said content is no longer visibly legible; obtaining a template of said fax confirmation page for said fax document; combining said modified content with said retrieved fax confirmation page template; and providing said confirmation page to an output device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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