Techmique for creating audience-specific views of documents

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A method, system, and computer program product for creating audience-specific views of, documents (including e-mail messages; text-based documents; documents or messages containing, multiple media such as text images, sound tiles; etc.). A document (or message) author may, designate selected sections of a document and assigns properties to these , sections. These properties include which recipients are to have that section i n their view and may , further specify attributes such as a background color or font to use when displaying the section whether the , section is copy-protected whether the section can be forwarded and/or printed whether the section is to , be encrypted before …