Electronic association of a user expression and a context of the expression
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item;
processing the annotation environment signal, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage;
receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and
electronically associating the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item.
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Abstract
Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item. The method also includes receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item. The method further includes electronically associating the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item; processing the annotation environment signal, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and electronically associating the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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25. A method comprising:
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electronically associating a context information indicative of a recognizable item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element of distinguishing the item, capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item, and an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item; processing the context information, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; and saving the electronically associated context information indicative of a recognizable item and annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item. - View Dependent Claims (26, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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27. A method comprising:
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recognizing an aspect of an item in response to an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item; processing the annotation environment signal, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; recognizing a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item in response to an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and electronically associating the recognized user expression and the recognizable aspect of the item. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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28. A device comprising:
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a context receptor module operable to; receive an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the item; and process the annotation environment signal, the processing of the annotation environment signal comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; an annotation receptor module operable to receive an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and an associator module operable to associate the context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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38. A computer-program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions operable to perform a process that associates information in a computer system, the process comprising; receiving an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable item, the recognizable item being indicative of an incidental element primarily employed by a non-human reader and capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item; processing the annotation environment signal, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; receiving an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item; and associating the context information indicative of a recognizable item and the annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable item. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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