Patent ID: 7735143

Claim:
A system for secure document processing comprising: memory means adapted for receiving, into a data storage associated with a document processing device, electronic document data representative of a document for which a selected document rendering process is desired; means adapted for prompting an associated user for a user-selected alias and user-selected identification code corresponding to an identity of the document; securing means adapted for securing key data representative of an identifier associated with the electronic document, the key data corresponding to the user-selected alias and the user-selected identification code; means adapted for communicating the electronic document and the key data to the associated document processing device; means associated with the document processing device adapted for prompting the user for an input relating to the key data; comparison means adapted for comparing the user input with the key data; means adapted for selectively enabling the document processing device to perform the selected document rendering process in accordance with an output of the comparison means; means adapted for receiving a logging instruction from the associated user, the logging instruction indicative of at least one of the group consisting of the selected document rendering process being a confidential document processing operation so as to preclude logging thereof and the selected document rendering process not being a confidential document processing operation, indicative of an approved logging operation; log means adapted for selectively logging operation of the document processing device in accordance with the user-selected alias and user-selected identification code if the received logging instruction is indicative of an approved logging operation; means adapted for generating job data on a display associated with the document processing device corresponding to the selected document rendering process and the electronic document data, wherein the job data references the user-selected alias as the sole indicator as to an identity of the associated user and a user-selected identification code as a sole indicator of an identity of the electronic document; means adapted for activating the log means in accordance with the received logging instruction indicative of the approved logging operation; overwriting means adapted for selectively overwriting, a plurality of times with random characters, memory locations of the data storage used in connection with storage of the electronic document used in performing the selected document rendering process in accordance with the received logging instruction indicating that the selected document rendering process is a confidential document processing operation; and means adapted for deleting the electronic document after completion of the overwriting so as to free the storage location thereafter.