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Anonymizing selected content in a document

US7831571B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 2007
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/93
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for anonymizing selected content in a document, by receiving as input a document comprising content; assigning user access privileges to identified users based on an access control policy, the access control policy for the user based on a context and a set of pre-defined named entities stored in a repository; identifying named entities in the document; comparing the pre-defined set of named entities based on a context with named entities in the document; concealing the named entities identified in the document matching with the pre-defined set of named entities; and providing as output a document, wherein the set of pre-defined named entities have been concealed based on the identified user access.

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