CONTENT ACCESS WITH HANDHELD DOCUMENT DATA CAPTURE DEVICES

• US 20140279324A1
• Filed: 04/16/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: King, Martin T., Grover, Dale L., Kushler, Clifford A., Stafford-Fraser, James Q.
• Granted Patent: US 9,799,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5846 using extracted text
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosed innovations provide systems and methods for automatically locating and retrieving digital supplemental materials and counterparts of rendered documents. These systems and methods are especially useful when the provider or copyright holder of the digital document charges a fee for access to the digital materials. Some embodiments solve the technical problem of allowing a user to access restricted digital content associated with a rendered document via a search string captured from the rendered document. Some embodiments further provide automatic intermediation to gain access to protected digital materials.

Claims

1-30. -30. (canceled)

31. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document;

determining, based at least on the document capture data, that the rendered document includes a particular symbol;

determining a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and

in response to receiving the document capture data, applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account.

32. The computer-implemented method of claim 31, further comprising:

determining that the particular user has indicated authorization for adjustments to the particular user account, for interactions involving outputs of performing the document capture process.

33. The computer-implemented method of claim 32, wherein an interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process comprises:

identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the document capture data.

34. The computer-implemented method of claim 33, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

adding the electronic document to an archive of electronic documents maintained for the particular user.

35. The computer-implemented method of claim 34, further comprising:

identifying a rights holder of the electronic document, wherein the rights holder of the electronic document is associated with a rights holder account; and

applying a positive adjustment to the rights holder account.

36. The computer-implemented method of claim 33, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

determining that the electronic document exists in an archive of electronic documents maintained for the user; and

providing the user with access to the electronic document.

37. The computer-implemented method of claim 36, wherein the user is provided with access to the electronic document for a subscription period.

38. The computer-implemented method of claim 33, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

providing the user with a link to a source for the electronic document.

39. A computer-readable storage device storing software including instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document;

determining, based at least on the document capture data, that the rendered document includes a particular symbol;

determining a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and

in response to receiving the document capture data, applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account.

40. The computer-readable storage device of claim 39, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the particular user has indicated authorization for adjustments to the particular user account, for interactions involving outputs of performing the document capture process, wherein an interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process comprises;

identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the document capture data.

41. The computer-readable storage device of claim 40, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

adding the electronic document to an archive of electronic documents maintained for the particular user.

42. The computer-readable storage device of claim 41, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a rights holder of the electronic document, wherein the rights holder of the electronic document is associated with a rights holder account; and

applying a positive adjustment to the rights holder account.

43. The computer-readable storage device of claim 40, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

determining that the electronic document exists in an archive of electronic documents maintained for the user; and

providing the user with access to the electronic document.

44. The computer-readable storage device of claim 40, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

providing the user with a link to a source for the electronic document.

45. A system, comprising:

one or more data processing apparatus; and

a computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising;

receiving document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document;

determining, based at least on the document capture data, that the rendered document includes a particular symbol;

determining a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and

in response to receiving the document capture data, applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the particular user has indicated authorization for adjustments to the particular user account, for interactions involving outputs of performing the document capture process, wherein an interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process comprises;

identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the document capture data.

47. The system of claim 46, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

adding the electronic document to an archive of electronic documents maintained for the particular user.

48. The system of claim 47, wherein the operations further comprise:

identifying a rights holder of the electronic document, wherein the rights holder of the electronic document is associated with a rights holder account; and

applying a positive adjustment to the rights holder account.

49. The system of claim 46, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

determining that the electronic document exists in an archive of electronic documents maintained for the user; and

providing the user with access to the electronic document.

50. The system of claim 46, wherein the interaction involving outputs of performing the document capture process further comprises:

providing the user with a link to a source for the electronic document.