Patent ID: 8223352

Claim:
A method of handling a transient document, comprising: receiving an erase sequence start time; monitoring a time for the sequence start time; and at or after the erase sequence start time, initiating a transient document erase sequence comprising: transferring a transient document comprising an erasable imaged pattern from a first storage area to an erasure area; erasing the erasable imaged pattern from the transient document to provide an erased transient document; during the erasing of the erasable imaged pattern from the transient document, receiving a user interrupt, such that the erasable imaged pattern is only partially erased; returning the transient document comprising the partially erased image pattern to the first storage area; transferring the transient document comprising the partially erased image pattern from the first storage area to the erasure area; fully erasing the erasable imaged pattern from the transient document; and transferring the erased transient document to a second storage area.