AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH CAPTURED INFORMATION, SUCH AS INFORMATION CAPTURED IN REAL-TIME
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1. A method of providing relevant information to a user that is performed by one or more first computing devices, each first computing device including a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
- while receiving text provided by the user, repeatedly automatically performing the following by at least one of the one or more first computing devices;
monitoring the received text;
selecting a portion of the text;
forming a query based at least in part upon the selected portion of the text;
transmitting, without a specific request by the user for the transmitting, the query to at least one of one or more second computing devices;
receiving information relevant to the query from at least one of the one or more second computing devices; and
displaying, by at least one of the one or more first computing devices, the relevant information.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically providing content associated with captured information is described. In some examples, the system receives input by a user, and automatically provides content or links to content associated with the input. In some examples, the system receives input via text entry or by capturing text from a rendered document, such as a printed document, an object, an audio stream, and so on.
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1. A method of providing relevant information to a user that is performed by one or more first computing devices, each first computing device including a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
while receiving text provided by the user, repeatedly automatically performing the following by at least one of the one or more first computing devices; monitoring the received text; selecting a portion of the text; forming a query based at least in part upon the selected portion of the text; transmitting, without a specific request by the user for the transmitting, the query to at least one of one or more second computing devices; receiving information relevant to the query from at least one of the one or more second computing devices; and displaying, by at least one of the one or more first computing devices, the relevant information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause one or more first computing devices to perform a method of providing relevant information, the method comprising:
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monitoring receiving first information; analyzing the first information; based upon the analysis, forming a query; transmitting, without having received an express request, the query to one or more indices; receiving second information relevant to the first information from the one or more indices; and providing the second information by the information output device of at least one of the one or more first computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method in a mobile device for displaying content associated with a rendered document, the method comprising:
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capturing a portion of text from a rendered document; identifying the rendered document based on the captured text; determining that the rendered document is associated with one or more electronic content sources; and presenting content from the associated one or more electronic content sources. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system in a mobile device for interacting with an electronic content source, the system comprising:
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an optical capture component, wherein the optical capture component is programmed to capture information from a rendered document using an imaging component of the mobile device; a document identification component, wherein the document identification component is programmed to identify the rendered document based on the captured information; and a content identification component, wherein the content identification component is programmed to automatically identify a content source that is associated with the identified rendered document in response to information received from the document identification component that indicates the rendered document is identified. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method for providing supplemental information in response to audio information, the method comprising:
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receiving audio information, wherein the audio information includes spoken information; converting the spoken information into text; processing the text to identify at least one content term; and
,obtaining supplementary information based on the content term. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for performing an action associated with an audio stream, the method comprising:
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capturing information from the audio stream wherein the captured information includes spoken content; identifying an action to perform based on the captured information, wherein the action is associated with the information from the audio stream or a source of the audio stream; and performing the action. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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