TECHNIQUES FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION CAPTURED DURING A PRESENTATION USING A PAPER DOCUMENT HANDOUT FOR THE PRESENTATION

• US 20070204229A1
• Filed: 02/05/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Graham, Jamey, Erol, Berna, Hull, Jonathan, Lee, Dar-Shyang
• Granted Patent: US 7,698,646 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/838 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

Techniques that enable information recorded during a presentation to be accessed or retrieved using a handout printed for the presentation. A user can select one or more items, such as slides, printed on the handout and access portions of the recorded information when the user-selected items were presented or displayed. Different types of information may be accessed. Different actions may also be performed on the retrieved information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of enabling information recorded during a presentation to be accessed using a printed paper document for the presentation, the method comprising:

receiving, prior to occurrence of the presentation, information identifying a set of items to be printed in the paper document for the presentation;

accessing recorded information comprising information recorded during the presentation; and

processing the recorded information to determine time information for one or more items that were presented during the presentation from the set of items, the time information for each item in the one or more items indicative of when information related to the item was presented during the presentation.