Methods and systems for providing automated actions on recognized text strings in a computer-generated document
First Claim
1. A method of automatically performing actions on or in association with recognized text strings, comprising:
- receiving a text string from a computer-generated document;
passing the text string to a recognizer application;
recognizing the text string as belonging to a given semantic category;
passing the recognizer application a pointer to an object model of a host application from which the text string is received; and
utilizing the object model of the host application, performing one or more actions on the recognized text string in the computer-generated document.
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Abstract
Methods and systems provide for automatically performing actions on or in association with text or data strings that are recognized as belonging to certain semantic categories. Text entered by a user is passed to a recognizer application. If a given text or data string is recognized as belonging to a given semantic category, the recognizer application passes data corresponding to the recognized string back to a host application. In response to recognized text or data, a pointer to the object model of the host application may be passed to the recognizer application to allow the recognizer application to perform any function of the host application in response to the recognized string. Alternatively, after the recognizer application passes data corresponding to the recognized string back to the host application, the host application may fire an application level or document level event for causing an action component to perform desired actions on recognized strings. Alternatively, after a string is recognized by the recognizer application, the recognizer application may set a property associated with a desired action to be performed on or in association with the recognized string. The host application may call an action component identified by the property for automatically performing the desired action on or in association with the recognized string.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of automatically performing actions on or in association with recognized text strings, comprising:
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receiving a text string from a computer-generated document;
passing the text string to a recognizer application;
recognizing the text string as belonging to a given semantic category;
passing the recognizer application a pointer to an object model of a host application from which the text string is received; and
utilizing the object model of the host application, performing one or more actions on the recognized text string in the computer-generated document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of automatically performing actions on or in association with recognized text or data strings, comprising:
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receiving a text string from a computer-generated document;
passing the text string to a recognizer application;
recognizing the text string as belonging to a given semantic category;
passing information from the recognizer application to a host application from which the text string is received, said information identifying the text string as belonging to the given semantic category;
at the host application, firing an event associated with an action application programmed to perform a desired action on the text string; and
in response to the fired event, causing the action application to perform the desired action on the recognized text string in the computer-generated document. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of automatically performing actions on or in association with recognized text or data strings, comprising:
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receiving a text string from a host application entered into a computer-generated document;
passing the text string to a recognizer application;
recognizing the text string as belonging to a given semantic category;
passing information from the recognizer application to the host application, said information identifying the text string as belonging to the given semantic category;
at the recognizer application, setting a property value identifying a desired action to be performed on the text string;
at the host application, calling an action application identified by the property value and programmed to performed the desired action on the text string; and
causing the action application to perform the desired action on the text string. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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