SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC TEXT RECOGNITION AND LINKING
First Claim
1. A method for automatically linking portions of a message, the method comprising:
- storing a message that was submitted to a server;
performing text recognition on the message that was stored;
selecting a portion of the message based on the performed text recognition;
automatically identifying, without receiving user input to identify, a plurality of objects associated with the selected portion, wherein each of the plurality of associated objects is cross-referenced, in a database, with the selected portion of the message;
selecting an object, from the identified plurality of associated objects, as a match for the selected portion of the message;
modifying the message, wherein the modifying comprises visually distinguishing the selected portion of the message as a selectable link to a display related to the selected object; and
generating for display the modified message.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and methods described herein provide for automatically linking words/phrases in messages to corresponding associated objects (e.g., information sources). A message (e.g., social network posting, email, text message) is submitted by a user to a server (e.g., social network server, email server, text messaging server). The server performs text recognition on the message and identifies a plurality of objects that are associated with a selected portion of the message (e.g., word/phrase related to a media asset). An object is selected from the associated objects as a match for the selected portion of the message. The submitted message is modified to visually distinguish the selected portion of the message as a selectable link to a display related to the selected match. The modified, linked message is displayed to the user.
51 Citations
21 Claims
-
1. A method for automatically linking portions of a message, the method comprising:
-
storing a message that was submitted to a server; performing text recognition on the message that was stored; selecting a portion of the message based on the performed text recognition; automatically identifying, without receiving user input to identify, a plurality of objects associated with the selected portion, wherein each of the plurality of associated objects is cross-referenced, in a database, with the selected portion of the message; selecting an object, from the identified plurality of associated objects, as a match for the selected portion of the message; modifying the message, wherein the modifying comprises visually distinguishing the selected portion of the message as a selectable link to a display related to the selected object; and generating for display the modified message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A system for automatically linking portions of a message, the system comprising:
-
storage circuitry configured to; store a message that was submitted to a server; and control circuitry configured to; perform text recognition on the message that was stored; select a portion of the message based on the performed text recognition; automatically identify, without receiving user input to identify, a plurality of objects associated with the selected portion, wherein each of the plurality of associated objects is cross-referenced, in a database, with the selected portion of the message; select an object, from the identified plurality of associated objects, as a match for the selected portion of the message; modify the message, wherein the modifying comprises visually distinguishing the selected portion of the message as a selectable link to a display related to the selected object; and generate for display the modified message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
-
21-50. -50. (canceled)
Specification