Appeal 2007-1412
Application 09/822,152
Appellant invented a method and system for censoring documents for
sensitive information. Particularly, the invention entails the use of a censor
database (100) and a text comparator (101) for locating sensitive terms in a
document (10). The invention further involves a generalization database
(104) for subsequently replacing the sensitive terms with alternate
expressions of a more generalized nature. (Specification 6).
An understanding of the invention can be derived from exemplary
independent claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A computerized document censor comprising:
a censor database of restricted terms;
a text comparator program for finding ones of said restricted terms in
said document; and
a text highlighter program for highlighting said restricted terms found
in said document.
In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relies upon the
following prior art:
Aras US 5,757,417 May 26, 1998
Cragun US 5,832,212 Nov. 3, 1998
Lapiere US 6,075,550 Jun. 13, 2000
DeStefano US 6,184,885 B1 Feb. 6, 2001
Dieterman US 6,393,464 B1 May 21, 2002
Goddard US 6,684,240 B1 Jan. 27, 2004
The Examiner rejects the claims on appeal as follows:
A. Claims 1, 3, 4, 9 through 12, and 16 through 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the combination of Lapierre,
Goddard, and DeStefano.
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