Interactive System and Method for Processing On-Screen Items of Textual Interest
AssigneeBreach Intelligence LLC
InventorPaul A. Battista, JR.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method processes information displayed on a computer display by alerting, tagging and/or overlaying information about content of textual interest to a user. The alerting function detects items believed to be interest to the user, and notifies the user of the existence of that item and provides the user with an opportunity to tag the item. The tagging function allows the user to highlight information on the display and open a window to tag an item of interest. The overlaying function presents additional information about an item of interest selected by the user. The various functions operate independent of the application presenting the information on the display.
Claims26
A system configured to alert a viewer of a computer screen to an on-screen presence of a specific item of textual interest comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters having a predetermined structural format, the system comprising:
- (a) an alerting function which, without viewer intervention, is configured to:
- capture an image of at least a portion of the computer screen;
- perform character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted entity comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters following the predetermined structural format;
- compare the at least one extracted entity with a knowledge base comprising at least one known item of textual interest to find if there is a match;
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- indicate on the computer screen at least one matched known item of textual interest, to thereby alert the viewer that said at least one known item of textual interest currently appears on the computer screen.
A method of alerting a viewer of a computer screen to an on-screen presence of a specific item of textual interest comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters having a predetermined structural format, the method comprising:
- (a) capturing an image of at least a portion of the computer screen;
- (b) performing character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted entity comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters following the predetermined structural format;
- (c) comparing the at least one extracted entity with a knowledge base comprising at least one known item of textual interest to find if there is a match;
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- (d) indicating on the computer screen at least one matched known item of textual interest, to thereby alert the viewer that said at least one known item of textual interest currently appears on the computer screen.
A method of providing additional information about an item currently being displayed on a computer screen to a viewer, the method comprising:
- (a) capturing an image of at least a portion of the computer screen;
- (b) performing character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted overlay entity comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters following a predetermined structural format;
- (c) indicating said at least one extracted overlay entity on the computer screen;
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- (d) in response to viewer action selecting one of such indicated extracted overlay entities, displaying information about the selected one of such indicated extracted overlay entities on the computer screen.
A method of processing information being displayed on a computer screen to a viewer, the method comprising:
- (a) capturing an image of at least a portion of the computer screen;
- (b) performing character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted entity comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters following a predetermined structural format;
- (c) without viewer intervention:
- (c1) comparing the at least one extracted entity with a knowledge base comprising at least one known item of textual interest to find if there is a match;
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- (c2) indicating on the computer screen at least one matched known item of textual interest, to thereby alert the viewer that said at least one known item of textual interest currently appears on the computer screen;
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- (d) in response to a viewer copying a portion of selected text to a temporary memory:
- (d1) opening a form on the computer screen in response to further viewer action, the form having at least one field;
- (d2) displaying at least a portion of the selected text so as to be associated with the form;
- (d3) receiving into the field, at least one tag entered by the viewer as being associated with the at least a portion of the selected text;
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- (d4) adding the at least a portion of the selected text as another known item of textual interest for use in a future comparing step.
A method of processing information being displayed on a computer screen to a viewer, the method comprising:
- (a) capturing an image of at least a portion of the computer screen;
- (b) performing character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted entity comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters following a predetermined structural format;
- (c) without viewer intervention:
- (c1) comparing the at least one extracted entity with a knowledge base comprising at least one known item of textual interest to find if there is a match;
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- (c2) indicating on the computer screen at least one matched known item of textual interest, to thereby alert the viewer that said at least one known item of textual interest currently appears on the computer screen;
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- (d) when enabled by the viewer:
- (d1) performing character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted overlay entity comprising said consecutive string of displayable characters following a predetermined structural format;
- (d2) indicating said at least one extracted overlay entity on the computer screen;
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- (d3) in response to further viewer action, selecting one of such indicated extracted overlay entities, displaying information about the selected one of such indicated extracted overlay entities on the computer screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.