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Method for searching media

  • US 9,015,159 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more devices, a document associated with a first user,the document having a plurality of portions of data;

    providing, by the one or more devices and for presentation via a user interface, the document to the first user;

    receiving, by the one or more devices and from the first user, information designating a first viewing mode or a second viewing mode for each of the plurality of portions,the first viewing mode, for a first portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the first portion is not viewable by one or more second users,the second viewing mode, for a second portion of the plurality of portions, indicating that the second portion is viewable by the one or more second users, andthe first portion being visually distinguished, within the user interface, from the second portion based on the first portion being designated for the first viewing mode and the second portion being designated for the second viewing mode;

    storing, by the one or more devices, the information designating the first viewing mode or the second viewing mode in association with each of the plurality of portions,information designating the first viewing mode being stored in association with the first portion, andinformation designating the second viewing mode being stored in association with the second portion;

    receiving, by the one or more devices and from a second user of the one or more second users, a request for the document;

    modifying, by the one or more devices, the document to make the first portion not viewable to the second user while making the second portion viewable to the second user when the document is rendered for display to the second user; and

    providing, by the one or more devices, the modified document for display to the second user.

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