Patent ID: 8181261
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for reproducing a document with a plurality of redaction passages of encoded sensitive information comprising: a scanner for reading a hardcopy printed document with at least one a control passage printed thereon to create a digitized document, wherein the control passage includes: i) an encryption key defining how encoded sensitive information was encrypted; ii) identification information defining which users have access to each redaction passage; and iii) a location of each redaction passage of encoded sensitive information within the digitized document, wherein the location is defined as a region within the digitized document that is to be replaced with the encoded sensitive information as permitted by a user identity; a device, communicatively coupled to the scanner, for storing the digitized document; a detector for identifying each redaction passage of encoded sensitive information in the digitized document to create decoded sensitive information; a decoder operatively connected to the detector, wherein the decoder extracts encoded information from each redaction passage of encoded sensitive information; a processor operatively connected to the decoder, wherein the processor receives digitally decoded sensitive information; a user interface module for receiving a user identity; an access mediator for receiving decoded sensitive information from the processor, comparing the user identity with a decoding scheme associated with the digitized document and allowing or disallowing the decoded sensitive information to be reproduced on a redaction passage-by-redaction passage basis as permitted by the user identity; and an image producing system for producing a new digitized document with the decoded sensitive information to be reproduced in each of redaction passage as permitted by the user identity; and the decoded sensitive information to remain redacted in each redaction passage as permitted by the user identity.