Publication file conversion and display
First Claim
1. A computerized method of generating an information display from an input of publication files containing text, graphics, and other data viewable as page images of a publication having text areas and graphics image areas appearing therein, comprising the steps of:
- extracting text data from the publication files corresponding to text appearing in respective text areas in predefined locations of the page images of the publication;
processing page image data from the publication files including the text areas in predefined locations corresponding to the page images of the publication;
mapping the predefined locations of the text areas appearing in the page images as respective text area image map data, and indexing each mapped text area to the respective extracted text data corresponding to the text appearing therein;
generating a display on a computer system of page images using the page image data, and linking the text areas of the displayed page images to the corresponding text data using the image map data such that the image-mapped page images have text areas which can be selected by the user pointing at any one of the desired text areas, and generating a simultaneous display of the linked text data corresponding to a text area selected by the user by pointing at the desired text area on the page image side-by-side with the page image, whereby a viewer can read the text in the text passage while referring to the page image for visual cues about the text passage.
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Abstract
A computerized information display system extracts text data, lists of keywords, story rankings in order of story importance, and image maps identifying the location of stories from an input of publication files from a publisher. The system can generate a simultaneous display of a page image in which a story appears side-by-side with the text for the story when a particular story is selected, in order to allow a viewer can read the text while referring to the page image for visual cues about the text passage. The viewer can select a story from a displayed list of stories ranked in order of importance relative to other stories appearing on a page. The story rankings are derived based upon comparing one or more story importance indicators: location of the story on the page; size of type font of a headline associated with the story; size of type font associated with the story text; and size of text content for the story. The viewer can navigate to the text for a story on a displayed page by clicking in the story area on the page which is linked by image maps to the corresponding text passage. The viewer can also navigate to a text passage and page image by clicking on a keyword from a list of keywords extracted from the text input from the publisher. These computerized contextual display and image navigation tools allow the viewer a highly interactive experience with the publication. They allow a publication to be converted to electronically viewable form frequently, e.g., several times per day, and in a more user friendly form than the original printed copy.
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16 Claims
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1. A computerized method of generating an information display from an input of publication files containing text, graphics, and other data viewable as page images of a publication having text areas and graphics image areas appearing therein, comprising the steps of:
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extracting text data from the publication files corresponding to text appearing in respective text areas in predefined locations of the page images of the publication;
processing page image data from the publication files including the text areas in predefined locations corresponding to the page images of the publication;
mapping the predefined locations of the text areas appearing in the page images as respective text area image map data, and indexing each mapped text area to the respective extracted text data corresponding to the text appearing therein;
generating a display on a computer system of page images using the page image data, and linking the text areas of the displayed page images to the corresponding text data using the image map data such that the image-mapped page images have text areas which can be selected by the user pointing at any one of the desired text areas, and generating a simultaneous display of the linked text data corresponding to a text area selected by the user by pointing at the desired text area on the page image side-by-side with the page image, whereby a viewer can read the text in the text passage while referring to the page image for visual cues about the text passage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of converting digital publication files containing text, graphics, and other data corresponding to page images of a publication having text areas and graphics image areas appearing therein to digital data for generating and controlling a display on a computer system, comprising the steps of:
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extracting text data from the publication files corresponding to text appearing in respective text areas in predefined locations of the page images of the publication;
producing page image data including the text areas in predefined locations corresponding to page images of the publication;
mapping the predefined locations of the text areas appearing in the page images of the publication and indexing each text area to the respective extracted text data corresponding to the text in the text area, and maintaining the mapped text areas indexed to the respective extracted text data as display navigation data; and
producing a display on a computer system of page images and linking the text areas in the displayed page images to the corresponding text data using said display navigation data such that the image-mapped page images have text areas which can be selected by the user pointing at any one of the desired text areas, and generating a simultaneous display of the linked text data corresponding to a text area selected by the user by pointing at the desired text area on the page image side-by-side with the page image, whereby a viewer can read the text in the text passage while referring to the page image for visual cues about the text passage. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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