ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CONTENT REDACTION
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a computing device, two or more layers in an electronic document;
processing each of the identified layers to produce a layer text representing one or more objects comprised by the layer;
combining the produced layer texts to produce a combined text of the electronic document; and
identifying, within the combined text of the electronic document, a target character string corresponding, in view of a specified search function, to a specified character string.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for redacting certain content (e.g., content representing private, privileged, confidential, or otherwise sensitive information) from electronic documents. An example method comprises: identifying, by a computing device, two or more layers in an electronic document; processing each of the identified layers to produce a layer text representing one or more objects comprised by the layer; combining the produced layer texts to produce a combined text of the electronic document; and identifying, within the combined text of the electronic document, a target character string corresponding, in view of a specified search function, to a specified character string.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying, by a computing device, two or more layers in an electronic document; processing each of the identified layers to produce a layer text representing one or more objects comprised by the layer; combining the produced layer texts to produce a combined text of the electronic document; and identifying, within the combined text of the electronic document, a target character string corresponding, in view of a specified search function, to a specified character string. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device, comprising:
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a memory; a processor, coupled to the memory, to; identify two or more layers in an electronic document; process each of the identified layers to produce a layer text representing one or more objects comprised by the layer; combine the produced layer texts to produce a combined text of the electronic document; and identify, within the combined text of the electronic document, a target character string corresponding, in view of a specified search function, to a specified character string. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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identifying two or more layers in an electronic document; processing each of the identified layers to produce a layer text representing one or more objects comprised by the layer; combining the produced layer texts to produce a combined text of the electronic document; and identifying, within the combined text of the electronic document, a target character string corresponding, in view of a specified search function, to a specified character string. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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