Triggering actions in response to optically or acoustically capturing keywords from a rendered document
AssigneeExbiblio B.V.
InventorsMartin King, Dale Grover, Clifford Kushler, James Stafford-Fraser
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Abstract
A system for processing text captured from rendered documents is described. The system receives a sequence of one or more words optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a user. The system identifies among words of the sequence a word with which an action has been associated. The system then performs the associated action with respect to the user.
Claims33
A method in a computing system for processing text captured from a rendered document, comprising:
- receiving a sequence of one or more words optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a user;
- identifying among the words of the sequence a word with which an action has been associated;
- and
- performing the associated action with respect to the user.
A system for responding to the capturing of text from a rendered document, comprising:
- a handheld optical and/or acoustical capture device usable by a user to capture a sequence of one or more words from a rendered document;
- and
- a processor that identifies among the words of the sequence captured with the handheld optical and/or acoustical capture device a word with which an action has been associated, and that performs the associated action with respect to the user.
One or computer memories collectively containing a data structure mapping keywords to actions, comprising:
- for each of a plurality of keywords that may be captured from rendered documents using a handheld optical and/or acoustical capture device, an entry containing information specifying an action to be performed with respect to a user who captures the keyword from a rendered document using a handheld optical and/or acoustical capture device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.