Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document
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1. A method in a computing system for initiating a purchase, comprising:
- receiving a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device;
identifying in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product;
in response to the identifying, presenting to the user an opportunity to purchase the distinguished product; and
if the user accepts the opportunity to purchase the distinguished product, purchasing the distinguished product on behalf of the user.
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Abstract
A facility for initiating a purchase is described. The facility receives a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device. The facility identifies in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product. In response to identifying the reference, the facility presents to the user an opportunity to place an order for the established product. If the user accepts the presented opportunity to order the distinct product, the facility orders the distinct product on behalf of the user.
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1. A method in a computing system for initiating a purchase, comprising:
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receiving a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device;
identifying in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product;
in response to the identifying, presenting to the user an opportunity to purchase the distinguished product; and
if the user accepts the opportunity to purchase the distinguished product, purchasing the distinguished product on behalf of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computing system to perform a method for initiating a purchase, the method comprising:
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receiving a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device;
identifying in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product;
in response to the identifying, presenting to the user an opportunity to order the distinguished product; and
if the user accepts the opportunity to order the distinguished product, ordering the distinguished product on behalf of the user.
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14. A method in a computing system for document identification, comprising:
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receiving a first text sequence captured by a user from a first rendered document using a handheld text capture device;
using explicit context information to identify among a corpus of documents a first proper subset of documents from which the first text sequence capture could have been performed;
identifying a first document among the first proper subset of documents from which the first text sequence capture was performed;
receiving a second text sequence captured by a user from a second rendered document using a handheld text capture device;
using implicit context information to identify among the corpus of documents a second proper subset of documents from which the second text sequence capture could have been performed; and
identifying a second document among the second proper subset of documents from which the second text sequence capture was performed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computing system for document identification, comprising:
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a text sequence receiving subsystem that receives text sequences each captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device;
an explicit context derivation subsystem that derives explicit context information relating to the capture of at least a subset of the text sequences received by the text sequence receiving subsystem;
an implicit context derivation subsystem that derives implicit context information relating to the capture of at least a subset of the text sequences received by the text sequence receiving subsystem; and
a document identification subsystem that, for each text sequence received by the text sequence receiving subsystem, identifies documents among a corpus of documents from which the text sequence could have been captured, based both upon the explicit context information derived by the explicit context duration subsystem and the implicit context information derived by the implicit context derivation subsystem.
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32. A handheld text capture device, comprising:
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a text capture subsystem for capturing text sequences from one or more rendered documents as directed by a user;
a memory containing at least one parametric context description that can be applied to text sequences captured by the text capture subsystem to determine context information for particular text sequences; and
a processor for applying the parametric context descriptions contained in the memory to text sequences captured by the text capture subsystem to determine context information for particular text sequences. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method in a portable device, comprising:
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capturing text sequences from one or more rendered documents as directed by a user;
applying at least one parametric context description to the captured text sequences; and
determining context information for particular text sequences based on the applied parametric context descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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