Enabling users to redact portions of a document
First Claim
1. A system for redacting one or more portions of a document, the system comprising:
- at least one computer processor programmed to implement;
a user interface enabling a user to select, from a first version of the document, a portion of the document, and to specify to redact the selected portion from the document;
a redaction controller to control, in response to the user specifying to redact the selected portions a modifying of the selected portion in a plurality of versions of the document, wherein at least one of the plurality of versions is the first version;
a save controller to save the first version of the document with the selected portion of the first version of the document being redacted; and
an access rights controller enabling a user to specify a first group of one or more users with access rights to view content of the selected portion and a second group of one or more users without access rights to view content of the selected portion, so that, for each user in the second group, when at least one of the one or more versions is displayed, content of the selected portion in the at least one version is not visible to the user and is shown as being redacted;
wherein the user interface is operative to enable the user to select, from the first version of the document, a plurality of redacted portions of the document, and to specify that the plurality of redacted portions be combined to form a single redacted portion, andwherein the redaction controller is operative to combine the redacted portions in each of the plurality of versions to product a single redacted portion in each version.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for redacting portions of a document resulting in one or more versions of the document that show to readers the portions of the document that have been redacted. At least one of these one or more versions may have the content of the redacted portions encrypted and/or actually removed and replaced with a sort of filler (e.g., to resemble a blacked out portion of a paper copy). At least one other version may show to users the actual content that has been redacted. This latter version may be retained for users privy to the content (i.e., information) of the redacted portions, so that they know what content was redacted, whereas versions with the content removed or encrypted may be provided to those not privy to the content.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for redacting one or more portions of a document, the system comprising:
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at least one computer processor programmed to implement; a user interface enabling a user to select, from a first version of the document, a portion of the document, and to specify to redact the selected portion from the document; a redaction controller to control, in response to the user specifying to redact the selected portions a modifying of the selected portion in a plurality of versions of the document, wherein at least one of the plurality of versions is the first version; a save controller to save the first version of the document with the selected portion of the first version of the document being redacted; and an access rights controller enabling a user to specify a first group of one or more users with access rights to view content of the selected portion and a second group of one or more users without access rights to view content of the selected portion, so that, for each user in the second group, when at least one of the one or more versions is displayed, content of the selected portion in the at least one version is not visible to the user and is shown as being redacted; wherein the user interface is operative to enable the user to select, from the first version of the document, a plurality of redacted portions of the document, and to specify that the plurality of redacted portions be combined to form a single redacted portion, and wherein the redaction controller is operative to combine the redacted portions in each of the plurality of versions to product a single redacted portion in each version. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer storage medium; and computer-readable signals, stored on the computer storage medium, that define instructions that, as a result of being executed by a computer, control the computer to perform a process of redacting one or more portions of a document, the process comprising acts of; (A) enabling a user to select, from a first version of the document, a portion of the document, and to specify to redact the selected portion from the document; (B) in response to the user specifying to redact the selected portion, modifying the selected portion in a plurality of versions of the document, wherein at least one of the a plurality of versions is the first version; (C) saving the first version of the document with the selected portion of the first version of the document being redacted; (D) enabling a user to specify a first group of one or more users with access rights to view content of the selected portion and a second group of one or more users without access rights to view content of the selected portion, so that, for each user in the second group, when at least one of the one or more versions of the document is displayed, content of the selected portion in the at least one version is not visible to the user and is shown as being redacted; (E) enabling the user to select, from the first version of the document, a plurality of redacted portions of the document, and to specify that the plurality of redacted portions be combined to form a single redacted portion, and (F) in response to the user specifying that be plurality of redacted portions be combined, combining the redacted portions in each of the one or more versions to produce a single redacted portion in each version. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of redacting one or more portions of a document, the method comprising computer-implemented acts of:
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(A) selecting, from a first version of the document, a portion of the document; and (B) specifying to redact the selected portion from the document, in response to which, in a plurality of versions of the document, the selected portion is modified, wherein at least one of the plurality of versions is the first version; (C) specifying to save the first version of the document with the selected portion of the first version of the document being redacted; (D) specifying a first group of one or more users with access rights to view content of the selected portion and a second group of one or more users without access rights to view content of the selected portion, such that, for each user in the second group, when at least one of the one or more versions of the document is displayed, content of the selected portion in the at least one version is not visible to the user and shown as being redacted; (E) selecting, from the first version of the document, a plurality of redacted portions of the document; and (F) specifying that the plurality of redacted portions be combined to form a single redacted portion, in response to which the redacted portions in each of the plurality of versions are combined to produce a single redacted portion in each version. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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