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Apparatus and methodology for submitting search queries

  • US 6,226,631 B1
  • Filed: 09/03/1999
  • Issued: 05/01/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer readable media bearing sequences of computer executable instructions for retrieving documents from a database, comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • creating a plurality of document images from a plurality of documents;

    recognizing characters in said document images to produce a document text;

    determining regions of the document images that correspond to words of the document text;

    correlating said regions with said text;

    searching said text in response to a query;

    retrieving document text in response to said search;

    displaying the corresponding document image;

    receiving an input that selects a portion of the document image;

    determining a selected text from the document text that corresponds to the portion of the document image;

    generating an updated query from said selected text; and

    searching said text in response to said updated query.

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