ADDING INFORMATION OR FUNCTIONALITY TO A RENDERED DOCUMENT VIA ASSOCIATION WITH AN ELECTRONIC COUNTERPART
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Abstract
An action plan data structure for one or more selected rendered documents is described. The data structure contains information specifying an action to perform automatically in response to a text capture from any of the selected rendered documents.
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24. A method in a mobile device for responding to a capture of text from a display of information that includes text, the method comprising:
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capturing, using an imaging component of the mobile device, an image of a display of information, wherein the image includes text; recognizing, using a text recognition component of the mobile device, a text string within the captured image; identifying, with the mobile device, a set of one or more actions specified for the recognized text string by a resource external to both the image and the recognized text string, the resource specifying for the recognized text string a set of actions that differs by at least one action from a set of actions specified by the resource for a text string not within the captured image; and presenting, via a display of the mobile device, a menu of user-selectable options associated with the identified set of one or more actions. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer-readable medium having contents capable of causing a mobile device to perform a method of performing an action in response to an image of a display of information, the method comprising:
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capturing, using an imaging component of the mobile device, an image of a display of information, wherein the image includes text; recognizing, using a text recognition component of the mobile device, a text string within the captured image; identifying, with the mobile device, a set of one or more actions specified for the recognized text string by a resource external to both the image and the recognized text string, the resource specifying for the recognized text string a set of actions that differs by at least one action from a set of actions specified by the resource for a text string not within the captured image; and presenting, via a display of the mobile device, a menu of user-selectable options associated with the identified set of one or more actions. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A system of one or more components stored in memory of a mobile device and configured to cause a processor of the mobile device to perform an action in response to an image of a display of information, the system comprising:
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an imaging component, wherein the imaging component is configured to capture an image of a display of information that includes text; a text recognition component, wherein the text recognition component is configured to recognize a string of text within the captured image; an action identification component, wherein the action identification component is configured to identify a set of one or more performable actions specified for the recognized text string by a resource external to both the image and the recognized text string, the resource specifying for the recognized text string a set of actions that differs by at least one action from a set of actions specified by the resource for a text string not within the captured image; a menu component, wherein the menu component is configured to present, via a display of the mobile device, a menu of user-selectable options associated with the identified set of one or more actions; and an action performance component, wherein the action performance component is configured to perform actions that are associated with options selected by a user. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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