Methods and systems for remotely removing metadata from electronic documents
AssigneeLitera Corporation
InventorDeepak Massand
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Abstract
A method and system for remotely removing metadata from electronic documents includes receiving an electronic document from an electronic device, determining that the electronic document includes a pre-determined type of metadata, and generating a request for confirmation that at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata should be removed. Based on the confirmation, at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata is removed from the electronic document before it is transmitted.
Claims20
A computer-based system for remotely cleaning metadata from electronic documents, comprising:
- an intermediate computer that is remote from an electronic device, the intermediate computer including:
- a memory storing instructions;
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- a processor configured execute the instructions to:
- receive an electronic document from the electronic device, determine that the electronic document includes a pre-determined type of metadata,
- generate a request for confirmation by a user of the electronic device that at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata should be removed,
- based on the confirmation, remove at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata from the electronic document, and
- store or transmit the electronic document having at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata removed.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for remotely cleaning metadata from an electronic document, the instructions causing one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at an intermediate computer that is remote from an electronic device, an electronic document from the electronic device,
- determining that the electronic document includes a pre-determined type of metadata,
- generating a request for confirmation by a user of the electronic device that at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata should be removed,
- based on the confirmation, removing at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata from the electronic document, and
- storing or transmitting the electronic document having at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata removed.
A computer system for transmitting cleansed versions of electronic documents, the computer system being remote from an electronic device, and comprising:
- an intermediate computer in communication with the electronic device, the intermediate computer comprising a processor configured to perform the operations of:
- receiving, at the intermediate computer, an electronic document from the electronic device,
- determining that the electronic document includes a pre-determined type of metadata,
- generating a request for confirmation by a user of the electronic device that at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata should be removed,
- based on the confirmation, removing at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata from the electronic document, and
- storing or transmitting the electronic document having at least a portion of the pre-determined type of metadata removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.