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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2001
Jorge M. Ferreira, Redmond, WA (US);
Mandira Virmani, Redmond, WA (US);
Jorge M. Ferreira, Redmond, WA (US);
Mandira Virmani, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of removing a user's personal information from a document via activation of a 'privacy option.' The privacy option, when activated, removes personal information from a document and, in some case, replaces the user information with generic information. The present invention is also directed to a computing system with an application module, which contains a privacy option for removing one or more pieces of personal information from a document created by a software application usable on the computing system. The present invention is further directed to a computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of modifying one or more pieces of personal information associated with a document via a privacy option.