Content access with handheld document data capture devices
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a capture device, document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document;
providing the document capture data by the capture device to a recognition device, wherein the recognition device performs operations comprising;
(i) identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the document capture data;
(ii) performing an optical recognition of symbols represented in the document capture data, the optical recognition of symbols being performed based at least in part on one or more aspects of the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document; and
(iii) based on the optical recognition of symbols represented in the document capture data, determining that the rendered document includes a particular symbol;
receiving, by the capture device from the recognition device, identification data that identifies the particular symbol;
determining, by the capture device, a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and
in response to receiving the document capture data and determining the particular user associated with the particular symbol, providing, by the capture device to a server device, (i) account information associated with the particular user account and (ii) an instruction for applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account in connection with performing one or more operations pertaining to the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed innovations provide systems and methods for automatically locating and retrieving digital supplemental materials and counterparts of rendered documents. These systems and methods are especially useful when the provider or copyright holder of the digital document charges a fee for access to the digital materials. Some embodiments solve the technical problem of allowing a user to access restricted digital content associated with a rendered document via a search string captured from the rendered document. Some embodiments further provide automatic intermediation to gain access to protected digital materials.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a capture device, document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document; providing the document capture data by the capture device to a recognition device, wherein the recognition device performs operations comprising; (i) identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the document capture data; (ii) performing an optical recognition of symbols represented in the document capture data, the optical recognition of symbols being performed based at least in part on one or more aspects of the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document; and (iii) based on the optical recognition of symbols represented in the document capture data, determining that the rendered document includes a particular symbol; receiving, by the capture device from the recognition device, identification data that identifies the particular symbol; determining, by the capture device, a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and in response to receiving the document capture data and determining the particular user associated with the particular symbol, providing, by the capture device to a server device, (i) account information associated with the particular user account and (ii) an instruction for applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account in connection with performing one or more operations pertaining to the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable storage device storing software including instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, by a capture device, document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document; providing the document capture data by the capture device to a recognition device, wherein the recognition device performs operations comprising; (i) identifying, from a corpus of electronic documents, an electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document, based on the document capture data; (ii) performing an optical recognition of symbols represented in the document capture data, the optical recognition of symbols being performed based at least in part on one or more aspects of the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document; and (iii) based on the optical recognition of symbols represented in the document capture data, determining that the rendered document includes a particular symbol; receiving, by the capture device from the recognition device, identification data that identifies the particular symbol; determining, by the capture device, a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and in response to receiving the document capture data and determining the particular user associated with the particular symbol, providing, by the capture device to a server device, (i) account information associated with the particular user account and (ii) an instruction for applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account in connection with performing one or more operations pertaining to the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system, comprising:
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one or more data processing apparatus; and a computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising; receiving, by a capture device, document capture data that represents an output of performing a document capture process on a rendered document; providing the document capture data by the capture device to a recognition device; receiving, by the capture device from the recognition device, identification data that identifies a particular symbol represented in the document capture data; determining, by the capture device, a particular user associated with the particular symbol, wherein the particular user is associated with a particular user account; and in response to receiving the document capture data and determining the particular user associated with the particular symbol, providing, by the capture device to a server device, (i) account information associated with the particular user account and (ii) an instruction for applying a negative adjustment to the particular user account in connection with performing one or more operations pertaining to the electronic document that corresponds to the rendered document. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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