Appeal 2006-0272
Application 10/024,964
THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention relates to methods and systems that authorize
the distribution and/or display of information based on the authorization
privileges of the user or system requesting the information (Specification 1).
Representative claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request for a document;
identifying a source of the request;
determining an authorization level associated with the source of the
request;
determining an authorization level required to view the requested
document;
if the source of the request is authorized to view the entire requested
document, transmitting the requested document to the source of the request;
and
if the source of the request is not authorized to view the entire
requested document, redacting unauthorized portions of the requested
document by visually blurring the unauthorized portions and transmitting the
redacted version of the requested document to the source of the request.
THE REFERENCE
The Examiner relies upon the following reference as evidence of
anticipation:
Brown US 6,892,201 B2 May 10, 2005
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