Patent ID: 7913167
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented within a computer system that includes at least one processor and memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, implement the method for selectively redacting at least a portion of display information in accordance with a redaction policy, the method comprising: an act of a computer system receiving user input indicating a user's intention to selectively redact portions of accessed documents, wherein the user input comprises a hot key activation on the computer system corresponding to one of a plurality of multi-tier sensitivity levels, wherein each of the plurality of multi-tier sensitivity levels corresponds to a particular hot key activation, the computer system including at least one processor; an act of the computer system accessing at least one document, such that the document is capable of being displayed to the user; an act of the computer system determining that the accessed document comprises tag information that identifies portions of the document to redact upon receiving the hot key activation, including: an act of the computer system identifying portions of the document that are to be redacted based on particular one or more tags in the tag information that are identified by one of the plurality of multi-tier sensitivity levels corresponding to the hot key activation; an act of the computer system dynamically redacting those portions of the document identified by the particular one or more tags without otherwise altering the structure of the document, in accordance with the user's intention including the hot key activation; and an act of the computer system displaying the document according to the document's original structure, omitting any dynamically redacted portions.