US Patent 11949840 Redacting confidential information in a document and reversal thereof

Systems and methods relate generally to associating confidential information with redactions are disclosed. In one such method, a login session is established with a programmed server. A document having the confidential information is uploaded to the programmed server. The confidential information in the document is detected by an artificial intelligence service. The confidential information is analyzed according to at least one rule by the artificial intelligence service. Suggestions for at least one redaction are generated by the artificial intelligence service. At least a portion of the confidential information is redacted responsive to the at least one redaction suggested by a redaction service. The document is stored in association with the at least one redaction though separate from the confidential information to provide at least one reversible redaction.