Publishing techniques for adding value to a rendered document
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1. A method in a computing system for providing supplemental electronic materials relating to a rendered document, comprising:
- receiving an indication of a text capture operation performed by a user from the rendered document, the indication specifying text captured as part of the text capture operation;
retrieving supplemental electronic materials relating to the rendered document;
in response receiving the indication;
using the captured text specified by the indication to identify a position in the rendered document at which the indicated text capture operation was performed;
causing a portion of the retrieved supplemental electronic materials that relates to the identified position to be displayed to the user.
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Abstract
A system for processing a visual capture operation as described. The system receives an indication of a visual capture operation performed from a rendered document. The indication specifies both a text sequence capture as part of the capture operation and a supplemental marking captured as part of the capture operation. The system determines an action to perform in response to receiving the indication, based both upon the text sequence specified in the indication and the supplemental markings specified by the indication.
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1. A method in a computing system for providing supplemental electronic materials relating to a rendered document, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a text capture operation performed by a user from the rendered document, the indication specifying text captured as part of the text capture operation;
retrieving supplemental electronic materials relating to the rendered document;
in response receiving the indication;
using the captured text specified by the indication to identify a position in the rendered document at which the indicated text capture operation was performed;
causing a portion of the retrieved supplemental electronic materials that relates to the identified position to be displayed to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A text capture device, comprising:
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a visual input subsystem for capturing images of text sequences from rendered documents; and
a processing subsystem for extracting from images captured by the visual input subsystem both human-readable content and non-human-readable content. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method in a computing system for processing a visual capture operation, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a visual capture operation performed from rendered document, the indication specifying both a text sequence captured as part of the capture operation and a supplemental marking captured as part of the capture operation; and
determining an action to perform in response to receiving the indication, based both upon the text sequence specified by the indication and the supplemental marking specified by the indication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method in a computing system for processing a textual capture operation, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a textual capture operation performed from rendered document, the indication specifying both a text sequence captured as part of the capture operation and a visual characteristic of the captured text sequence; and
determining an action to perform in response to receiving the indication, based both upon the text sequence specified by the indication and the visual characteristic specified by the indication. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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