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US 8,146,156 B2Granted
Archive of text captures from rendered documents
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsMartin King, Dale Grover, Clifford Kushler, James Stafford-Fraser, Claes-Fredrik Mannby
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Abstract
A facility for storing a text capture data structure for a particular user is described. The data structure comprises a number of entries. Each entry corresponds to a text capture operation performed by the user from a rendered document. Each entry contains information specifying the text captured in the text capture operation.
Claims58
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving text capture indications corresponding to text capture operations from a rendered document, each operation capturing less than a whole page of text;
- selecting a text capture indication from among the received text capture indications;
- providing a capture of text from the rendered document for the selected text capture indication;
- identifying, via one of said text capture indications, an electronic document related to the text capture operation corresponding to the selected text capture indication;
- determining whether access to said electronic document is authorized;
- in response to determining that access to the electronic document is not authorized, facilitating a transaction to authorize access to said electronic document;
- and
- providing access to said electronic document.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at a capture device, text capture indications corresponding to text capture operations from a rendered document, each text capture operation capturing less than a whole page of text;
- the capture device identifying at least one of goods and services using text from at least one of the text capture operations;
- and
- the capture device facilitating a transaction related to said at least one of goods and services.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information-capturing system, a text capture indication corresponding to a text capture operation performed on a rendered document that captured less than a whole page of text;
- the information-capturing system generating a text entry based upon said text capture indication, wherein the text entry specifies a number of documents matching text of the text capture operation;
- and
- the information-capturing system publishing the text entry.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- for each individual entity of a plurality of entities, receiving, at an information-capturing system, a plurality of text capture operations from rendered documents, each indicated text capture operation designating less than a whole page of text as captured;
- for each individual entity of the plurality of entities, the information-capturing system analyzing the plurality of text capture operations received from the individual entity to determine a likely interest of the individual entity;
- the information-capturing system identifying a plurality of entities determined to have the likely interest;
- and
- the information-capturing system presenting to a first entity of the identified plurality of entities an indication that another entity of the identified plurality of entities shares the likely interest.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- displaying an indication of each of at least some of a plurality of text capture operations from one or more rendered documents using an information-capturing system, each indicated text capture operation designating less than a whole page of text as captured;
- the information-capturing system receiving input with respect to a distinguished one of the displayed indications;
- the information-capturing system displaying a menu of actions relating to the distinguished indication;
- the information-capturing system receiving a selection from the menu of actions;
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- the information-capturing system performing an action based on the captured text indicated by the distinguished indication and the selection from the menu of actions.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving indications at an information-capturing system, each indication indicating a text capture operation performed from a rendered document designating less than a whole page of text as captured;
- the information-capturing system storing the received indications;
- the information-capturing system generating a display based upon the stored indications;
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- the information-capturing system sending electronic payment authorizing access to an electronic document comprising text captured by at least one of the performed text capture operations.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information-capturing system, text capture indications corresponding to text capture operations from one or more rendered documents, each text capture operation capturing less than a whole page of text;
- the information-capturing system storing the received text capture indications;
- the information-capturing system identifying at least one source document corresponding to at least one of said rendered documents;
- and
- the information-capturing system displaying a list of text capture entries based upon the stored indications, at least one entry including an indication of said at least one source document for text of a text capture operation and a number of documents matching the text.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information-capturing system, a plurality of text capture operations from one or more rendered documents, each indicated text capture operation designating less than a whole page of text as captured;
- the information-capturing system analyzing the plurality of text capture operations to identify a product or service of likely interest;
- and
- the information-capturing system presenting information related to said identified product or service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.