Method for selective encryption within documents
First Claim
1. A method for selective encryption within a document comprising the steps of:
- detecting a portion of a document selected and marked for encryption; and
encrypting the detected portion of the document selected for encryption;
displaying the document with the selected portions of the document encrypted; and
repeating said detecting and encrypting steps for another selective portion of the document.
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Abstract
The present invention allows the user (author or creator) of a document to specify that certain portions of a document be selected for encryption while other portions of the document remain displayed as created. The user could employ a standard word processing editor technique to highlight (or swipe) portions of a document that the user desires to be encrypted. The highlighted portion would then be ‘tagged’ with a surrounding attribute indicating to the word processor that this highlighted portion of the document is to be encrypted. This process is similar to the existing word processor capability to highlight areas on a document and then assign rich text attributes, such as BOLD, ITALICS, etc., to those areas. With proper authorization, any encrypted portion of a document would be displayed as part of the document. Without proper authorization, the display of the document would only contain the unencrypted portions of the document.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for selective encryption within a document comprising the steps of:
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detecting a portion of a document selected and marked for encryption; and encrypting the detected portion of the document selected for encryption; displaying the document with the selected portions of the document encrypted; and repeating said detecting and encrypting steps for another selective portion of the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for selective encryption within a document comprising:
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instructions detecting a portion of a document selected and marked for encryption;
instructions encrypting the detected portion of the document selected for encryption;
instructions displaying the document with the selected portions of the document encrypted; andinstructions repeating said detecting, identifying and encrypting instructions for another selective portion of the document. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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