Method, system, and program product for encrypting portions of a document using selective annotation
View Patent ↗The invention provides a method, system, and program product for encrypting portions of a document using selective annotation. One method according to the invention includes: defining an annotation border adjacent a portion of a document using a digital pen; applying to the portion of the document an annotation verb specifying that the portion of the document is to be encrypted; entering into the portion of the document information to be encrypted; and encrypting the portion of the document.
1. A method for encrypting a portion of a document written with a digital pen, the method comprising:
defining an annotation border adjacent a first portion of a document using a digital pen;
applying to the first portion of the document an annotation verb, wherein the annotation verb specifies whether the first portion of the document is to be encrypted; and
in the case that the annotation verb specifies that the first portion of the document is to be encrypted, encrypting the first portion of the document without encrypting a second portion of the document.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying includes entering the annotation verb using the digital pen.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the annotation verb specifies that the first portion of the document is to be encrypted for at least one of the following: an individual or a group of individuals.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the applying includes selecting a public key of the individual or the group of individuals stored in the digital pen.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the annotation verb includes a password.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypting the first portion of the document is performed using the digital pen.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
entering into the first portion of the document information to be encrypted.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
defining an additional annotation border adjacent the second portion of the document using the digital pen;
applying to the second portion of the document an additional annotation verb, wherein the additional annotation verb specifies whether the second portion of the document is to be encrypted; and
in the case that the additional annotation verb specifies that the second portion of the document is to be encrypted, encrypting the second portion of the document.
9. A system for encrypting a portion of a document written with a digital pen, the system comprising:
a system for defining an annotation border adjacent a first portion of a document using a digital pen;
a system for applying to the first portion of the document an annotation verb, wherein the annotation verb specifies whether the first portion of the document is to be encrypted; and
a system for encrypting the first portion of the document without encrypting a second portion of the document.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the system for applying includes a system for entering the annotation verb using the digital pen.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the annotation verb specifies that the first portion of the document is to be encrypted for at least one of the following: an individual or a group of individuals.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system for applying includes a system for selecting a public key of the individual or group of individuals stored in the digital pen.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the annotation verb includes a password.
14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
a system for entering into the first portion of the document information to be encrypted.
15. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, encrypts a portion of a document written with a digital pen, the program product comprising:
program code for defining an annotation border adjacent a first portion of a document using a digital pen;
program code for applying to the first portion of the document an annotation verb, wherein the annotation verb specifies whether the first portion of the document is to be encrypted; and
program code for encrypting the first portion of the document without encrypting a second portion of the document.
16. The program product of claim 15 , wherein the program code for applying includes program code for entering the annotation verb using the digital pen.
17. The program product of claim 15 , wherein the annotation verb specifies that the first portion of the document is to be encrypted for at least one of the following: an individual or a group of individuals.
18. The program product of claim 17 , wherein the program code for applying includes program code for selecting a public key of the individual or group of individuals stored in the digital pen.
19. The program product of claim 15 , wherein the annotation verb includes a password.
20. A method for deploying an application for encrypting a portion of a document written with a digital pen, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
define an annotation border adjacent a first portion of a document using a digital pen;
apply to the first portion of the document an annotation verb, wherein the annotation verb specifies whether the first portion of the document is to be encrypted; and
encrypt the first portion of the document without encrypting a second portion of the document.
21. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the annotation verb specifies that the first portion of the document is to be encrypted for at least one of the following: an individual and a group of individuals;
the additional annotation verb specifies that the second portion of the document is to be encrypted for at least one of the following: an individual or a group of individuals; and
the individual and/or group of individuals for whom the first portion of the document is to be encrypted is different than the individual and/or group of individuals for whom the second portion of the document is to be encrypted.