Techniques for accessing information captured during a presentation using a paper document handout for the presentation

• US 7,698,646 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2007
• Issued: 04/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Dar-Shyang, Graham, Jamey, Hull, Jonathan J., Erol, Berna
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow; Dennis-Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham; Linh K
• Application Number:
  US11/671,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20070204229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,163 Days
• Field of Search: 715/732, 715/736, 715/730, 715/733, 715/734, 715/744, 715/249, 715/201, 715/234, 715/239
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/838 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

Techniques that enable information recorded during a presentation to be accessed or retrieved using a handout printed for the presentation. A user can select one or more items, such as slides, printed on the handout and access portions of the recorded information when the user-selected items were presented or displayed. Different types of information may be accessed. Different actions may also be performed on the retrieved information.

Claims

1. A method of enabling information recorded during a presentation to be accessed subsequent to the presentation using a printed paper document for the presentation using a computer having a processor and an input device, the method comprising:

receiving information identifying a set of items to be presented during the presentation using the computer;

receiving information for the set of items to be printed on the printed paper document for the presentation using the computer;

receiving information indicating a selection of one of the set of items using at least a first portion of the information printed on the printed paper document using the input device;

accessing recorded information comprising information captured during the presentation using the processor;

determining time information for the recorded information related to the selected one of the set of items indicative of any time at which the selected one of the set of

items was presented during the presentation based on a second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document using the processor; and

providing a user with access to each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items based upon the determined time information for the selected one of the set of items using the computer

wherein the second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document comprises an image representation of a portion of the information captured during the presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items to a user using the computer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items includes sequentially playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items in order of occurrence in the recorded information.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items includes playing the recorded information at the starting point of each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected item until the user stops playback or the end of the recorded information is reached.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a user with access to each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items includes one of retrieving each said portion of the recorded information and retrieving a link to each said portion of the recorded information.

6. The method of claim of 1, wherein receiving information indicating the selection of the one of the set of items further comprises:

obtaining an image of a page of the printed paper document for the presentation on which the selected one of the set of items is printed; and

determining the selection of the selected one of the set of items from the image of the page.

7. The method of claim of 1, wherein receiving information indicating the selection of the selected one of the set of items further comprises:

receiving information indicating selection of a barcode printed on a page of the paper document printed for the presentation, the barcode identifying the selected one of the set of items.

8. The method of claim of 1, wherein determining time information further comprises:

receiving one or more images extracted from the recorded information;

comparing the one or more images extracted from the recorded information with the second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document for the presentation; and

determining the time information for the selected one of the set of items based upon the comparison.

9. The method of claim of 1, wherein receiving information indicating the selection of the one of the set of items occurs prior to the occurrence of the presentation.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the image representation of the portion of the information captured during the presentation is visual representation of a presentation slide.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the first portion of the information printed on the printed paper document is a check box.

10. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium and computer readable code that when executed on a processor is adapted to perform a method for enabling information recorded during a presentation to be accessed using a printed paper document for the presentation, wherein the computer readable code comprises:

code for receiving information identifying a set of items to be presented during the presentation;

code for receiving information for the set of items to be printed on the printed paper document for the presentation;

code for receiving information indicating a selection of one of the set of items using at least a first portion of the information printed on the printed paper document;

code for accessing recorded information comprising information captured during the presentation;

code for determining time information for the recorded information related to the selected one of the set of items indicative of any time at which the selected one of the set of items was presented during the presentation based on a second portion of the information printed on the paper document; and

code for providing a user with access to each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items based upon the determined time information for the selected one of the set of items

wherein the second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document comprises an image representation of a portion of the information captured during the presentation.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

code for playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items to a user.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the code for playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items includes sequentially playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items in order of occurrence in the recorded information.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein code for playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the one of the set of items includes playing the recorded information at the starting point of each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items until the user stops playback or the end of the recorded information is reached.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein code for providing a user with access to each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items includes one of retrieving each said portion of the recorded information and retrieving a link to each said portion of the recorded information.

15. The computer program product of claim of 10 wherein the code for receiving information indicating the selection of the one of the set of items further comprises:

code for obtaining an image of a page of the printed paper document for the presentation on which the selected one of the set of items is printed; and

code for determining the selection of the one of the set of items from the image of the page.

16. The computer program product of claim of 10 wherein the code for receiving information indicating the selection of the selected one of the set of items further comprises:

code for receiving information indicating selection of a barcode printed on a page of the printed paper document for the presentation, the barcode identifying the selected one of the set of items.

28. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the image representation of the portion of the information captured during the presentation is visual representation of a presentation slide.

29. The computer program product of claim 28, wherein the first portion of the information printed on the printed paper document is a check box.

17. A system for enabling information recorded during a presentation to be accessed using a printed paper document for the presentation, the system including a processor and a memory operable to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:

receive information identifying a set of items to be presented during the presentation;

receive the information for the set of items to be printed on the printed paper document for the presentation;

receive information indicating a selection of one of the set of items using at least a first portion of the information printed on the printed paper document;

access recorded information comprising information captured during the presentation;

determine time information for the recorded information related to the selected one of the set of items indicative of any time at which the selected one of the set of items was presented during the presentation based on a second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document using the processor; and

provide a user with access to each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items based upon the determined time information for the selected one of the set of items

wherein the second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document comprises an image representation of a portion of the information captured during the presentation.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the system to:

play each retrieved portion of the recorded information to a user.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the instructions for playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items include sequentially playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items in order of occurrence in the recorded information.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the instructions for playing each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the one of the set of items include playing the recorded information at the starting point of each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items until the user stops playback or the end of the recorded information is reached.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the instructions for providing a user with access to each portion of the recorded information corresponding to the presentation of the selected one of the set of items include instructions for one of retrieving each said portion of the recorded information and retrieving a link to each said portion of the recorded information.

22. The system of claim of 17, wherein the instructions for receiving information indicating the selection of the one of the set of items further comprise instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to:

obtain an image of a page of the printed paper document for the presentation on which the selected one of the set of items is printed; and

determine the selection of the one of the set of items from the image of the page.

23. The system of claim of 17, wherein the instructions for receiving information indicating the selection of the selected one of the set of the items printed in the printed paper document for the presentation further comprise instructions for receiving information indicating the selection of a barcode printed on a page of the printed paper document for the presentation, the barcode identifying the selected one of the selected items.

24. The system of claim of 17, wherein the instructions for determining time information further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:

receive one or more images extracted from the recorded information;

compare the one or more images extracted from the recorded information with the second portion of the information printed on the printed paper document for the presentation; and

determine the time information for the selected one of the set of items based upon the comparison.

25. The system of claim of 17, wherein the instructions for receiving information indicating the selection of the one of the set of items includes instructions for receiving the information prior to the occurrence of the presentation.

30. The system of claim 17, wherein the image representation of the portion of the information captured during the presentation is visual representation of a presentation slide.

31. The computer program product of claim 30, wherein the first portion of the information printed on the printed paper document is a check box.