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Method and system for generating hyperlinked physical copies of hyperlinked electronic documents

  • US 20020152236A1
  • Filed: 10/25/2001
  • Published: 10/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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