Method and system for generating hyperlinked physical copies of hyperlinked electronic documents
First Claim
1. A method, for use in a user system (200), of generating an hyperlinked physical copy of an electronic document (203) comprising one or a plurality of hyperlinks, said method comprising the steps of:
- selecting an electronic document (203);
creating (802) an hyperlink table (201);
associating (802) said hyperlink table with a physical copy (202) of said electronic document, said physical copy comprising one or a plurality of pages;
for each page of the physical copy;
identifying (803) in the electronic document, the one or plurality of hyperlink items comprised in the page;
storing (803) in the hyperlink table an identification of each identified hyperlink item;
retrieving (803) from the electronic document identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item on the page;
storing (803) in the hyperlink table said identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item;
retrieving (805) from the electronic document, electronic coordinates of each identified hyperlinked item on the page;
translating (805) said electronic coordinates into physical coordinates on the page of the physical copy;
storing (806) said physical coordinates in the hyperlink table.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and a system for automatically generating an hyperlink table from an electronic document comprising hyperlinks, for identifying, locating and activating these hyperlinks from a physical copy of this electronic document. The method, for use in a user system, comprises the steps of:
selecting an electronic document;
creating an hyperlink table;
associating said hyperlink table with a physical copy of said electronic document, said physical copy comprising one or a plurality of pages;
for each page of the physical copy:
identifying in the electronic document, the one or plurality of hyperlink items comprised in the page;
storing in the hyperlink table an identification of each identified hyperlink item;
retrieving from the electronic document identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item on the page;
storing in the hyperlink table said identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item;
retrieving from the electronic document, electronic coordinates of each identified hyperlinked item on the page;
translating said electronic coordinates into physical coordinates on the page of the physical copy;
storing said physical coordinates in the hyperlink table.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, for use in a user system (200), of generating an hyperlinked physical copy of an electronic document (203) comprising one or a plurality of hyperlinks, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting an electronic document (203);
creating (802) an hyperlink table (201);
associating (802) said hyperlink table with a physical copy (202) of said electronic document, said physical copy comprising one or a plurality of pages;
for each page of the physical copy;
identifying (803) in the electronic document, the one or plurality of hyperlink items comprised in the page;
storing (803) in the hyperlink table an identification of each identified hyperlink item;
retrieving (803) from the electronic document identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item on the page;
storing (803) in the hyperlink table said identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item;
retrieving (805) from the electronic document, electronic coordinates of each identified hyperlinked item on the page;
translating (805) said electronic coordinates into physical coordinates on the page of the physical copy;
storing (806) said physical coordinates in the hyperlink table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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