METHOD OF GENERATING A CLIPPING FROM A PRINTED SUBSTRATE

• US 20090080691A1
• Filed: 07/24/2008
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia, Lapstun, Paul, Hollins, Michael, Kelly, Gregg Richard, Chamley, Cathryn Anne
• Application Number:
  US12/178,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20090080691A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1265 Printing by reference, e.g. retrieving document/image data for a job from a source mentioned in the job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding

Abstract

A method of generating a clipping from a printed substrate. The substrate has a graphic image and a position-coding pattern disposed thereon and the position-coding pattern identifies an identity and a plurality of locations. The method comprises the steps of: (i) receiving, in a computer system, interaction data indicative of the identity and a position of a sensing device relative to the substrate, the sensing device generating the interaction data, when operatively positioned or moved relative to the substrate, by reading the position-coding pattern; (ii) identifying and retrieving a page description corresponding to the printed substrate using the identity, the page description including a visual description describing the graphic image and an input description describing interactive elements; (iii) determining, using the page description and the position of the sensing device, a clipping zone of the substrate indicated by the sensing device, the clipping zone containing a part of the graphic image; (iv) generating the clipping, the clipping comprising a clipping identity identifying the page description and the clipping zone; and (v) copying the clipping to a clipboard.

Claims

1. A method of generating a clipping from a printed substrate, said substrate having a graphic image and a position-coding pattern disposed thereon, said position-coding pattern identifying an identity and a plurality of locations, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, in a computer system, interaction data indicative of the identity and at least one position of a sensing device relative to the substrate, the sensing device generating the interaction data, when operatively positioned or moved relative to the substrate, by reading at least some of the position-coding pattern;

identifying and retrieving at least part of a page description corresponding to the printed substrate using the identity, said page description including a visual description describing the graphic image and an input description describing one or more interactive elements;

determining, using the page description and the at least one position of the sensing device, a clipping zone of the substrate indicated by the sensing device, said clipping zone containing a part of the graphic image;

generating the clipping, said clipping comprising a clipping identity identifying at least said page description and said clipping zone; and

copying the clipping to a clipboard.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping identifies a clipping image, said clipping image comprising a clipping visual description describing the part of the graphic image contained in said clipping zone.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of storing said clipping image on a clipping image store, wherein said stored clipping image is indexed with said clipping identity.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising displaying said clipping on a display device, said displaying comprising the steps of:

retrieving said clipping image from said clipping image store using said clipping identity; and

displaying said clipping image on the display device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying said clipping on a display device, said displaying comprising the steps of:

identifying said page description using said clipping identity;

rendering a clipping image from said page description, said clipping image comprising a clipping visual description describing the part of the graphic image contained in said clipping zone; and

displaying said clipping image on the display device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping zone is indicated by a path of the sensing device relative to the substrate.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping identity identifies a time at which said clipping is generated.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping zone contains at least one interactive element, such that said clipping is an interactive clipping.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said at least one interactive element is selected from the group comprising:

a hyperlink and an input field.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein said clipping identity identifies a clipping input description describing said at least one interactive element via said page description and said clipping zone.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping further identifies a clipping input service configured for interpreting an interaction with said clipping via a graphical user interface.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping further identifies citation information associated with the part of the graphic image contained in said clipping zone.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the clipping is represented, at least partially, using an HTML fragment containing an image map.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the image map is selected from the group comprising:

a server-side image map and a client-side image map.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said clipping is represented using a script.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

pasting the clipping into an application, e-mailing the clipping, and pasting the clipping into a blog.

17. The method of claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

displaying said clipping; and

interacting with said at least one interactive element using GUI-based software supported by an operating system of a display device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the interaction with the at least one interactive element identifies a click location and the clipping identity.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the clipping identity and the click location are used to identify the corresponding page description and interpret the interaction.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising identifying a target URI and displaying a corresponding target resource on a display device.