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US 9,805,010 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for redacting related content in a document
AssigneeAdobe Systems Incorporated
InventorsJason T. Pittenger, David Stromfeld
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Abstract
A method for redacting related content in a document by executing a redaction manager process that searches for related content in at least one document and then provides a means for selecting instances of the content for redaction. The related content may include properties such as, for example, identical instances of a text string, instances of related graphics, instances of numeric values and/or numeric patterns, proper names, phone numbers, addresses and similar searchable data properties. Upon searching and retrieving the desired data, the redaction manager process displays a listing of the instances of content which affords a user the ability to select which particular instances of content to redact within the document.
Claims18
A method for processing data comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, input that identifies content from a body of a document to be redacted, wherein the body of the document is depicted in a content view of a graphical user interface;
- searching, by the processor, the document for a plurality of instances of the content to be redacted;
- rendering, by the processor, a list identifying the plurality of instances of the content found in response to searching the document, wherein the list is depicted in a redaction view of the graphical user interface separate from the content view, the plurality of instances of the content being simultaneously displayable in the list and simultaneously selectable from the list;
- in response to receiving, by the processor, a selection of at least one instance of the content in the list for redaction, displaying in the content view the portion of the body with a pre-redaction format applied to the selected instance of the content, wherein the pre-redaction allows the selected instance of content to remain viewable;
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- in response to receiving, by the processor, an indication to perform a redaction operation on the selected instance of the content displaying, by the processor, the portion of the body in the content view with a redaction format applied to the selected instance of the content, wherein the redaction format redacts the selected instance of content from view.
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A computer program product comprising a nontransitory computer-readable medium embodying code, the code comprising:
- code that, when executed, configures a processor to receive input that identifies content from a body of a document to be redacted, wherein the body of the document is depicted in a content view of a graphical user interface;
- code that, when executed, configures the processor to search the document for a plurality of instances of the content to be redacted;
- code that, when executed, configures the processor to render a list identifying the plurality of instances of the content found in response to searching the document, wherein the list is depicted in a redaction view of the graphical user interface separate from the content view, the plurality of instances of the content being simultaneously displayable in the list and selectable from the list;
- code that, when executed, configures the processor in response to receiving a selection of at least one instance of the content in the list for redaction, to display in the content view the portion of the body with a pre-redaction format applied to the selected instance of the content, wherein the pre-redaction allows the selected instance of content to remain viewable;
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- code that, when executed, configures the processor in response to receiving an indication to perform a redaction operation on the selected instance of the content, to display the portion of the body in the content view with a redaction format applied to the selected instance of the content, wherein the redaction format redacts the selected instance of content from view.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a memory,
- wherein the memory embodies at least one program component that configures the processor to:
- receive input that identifies content from a body of a document to be redacted, wherein the body of the document is depicted in a content view of a graphical user interface;
- search the document for a plurality of instances of the content to be redacted;
- render a list identifying the plurality of instances of the content found in response to searching the document, wherein the list is depicted in a redaction view of the graphical user interface separate from the content view, the plurality of instances of the content being simultaneously displayable in the list and selectable from the list;
- in response to receiving a selection of at least one instance of the content in the list for redaction, displaying in the content view the portion of the body with a pre-redaction format applied to the selected instance of the content, wherein the pre-redaction allows the selected instance of content to remain viewable;
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- in response to receiving an indication to perform a redaction operation operation on the selected instances of the content displaying the portion of the body in the content view with a redaction format applied to the selected instance of the content, wherein the redaction format redacts the selected instance of content from view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.