IP Library Granted Patent US 7,447,771
Granted Patent B1
US 7,447,771 · App. 09/690,199 · Granted Nov 4, 2008

Method and system for forming a hyperlink reference and embedding the hyperlink reference within an electronic version of a paper

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Patent No.
US 7,447,771
App. No.
09/690,199
Granted
Nov 4, 2008
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method performed by a computer system. The method including storing a version of a mass-produced printed paper, and forming a reference within the version. The reference is associated with an operation and at least a portion of the version. The version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper, and the portion is selectable to cause performance of the operation.

Claims (37)

1. A method performed by a computer system, comprising:

storing an electronic version of a paper, wherein the electronic version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper;

automatically detecting content of a first portion of the likeness, wherein the detected content is a term or a phrase that indicates a location within the likeness of the paper at which a second portion of the likeness is located; and

in response to the detected content, forming a hyperlink reference within at least part of the detected content of the first portion of the likeness, wherein the hyperlink reference is associated with the second portion of the likeness, such that when the first portion of the likeness is displayed on the display device, the hyperlink reference is selectable by a user to cause the computer system to display the second portion of the likeness on the display device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a page of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the page.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a page number of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the page number.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a title of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the title.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paper is at least one of the following: a newspaper; a magazine; and a journal.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic version is a first electronic version of the paper, and comprising:

translating a second electronic version of the paper into the first electronic version.

7. The method of claim 1 , and comprising:

highlighting the hyperlink reference.

8. A system, comprising:

a computing device for:

storing an electronic version of a paper, wherein the electronic version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper;

automatically detecting content of a first portion of the likeness, wherein the detected content is a term or a phrase that indicates a location within the likeness of the paper at which a second portion of the likeness is located; and

in response to the detected content, forming a hyperlink reference within at least part of the detected content of the first portion of the likeness, wherein the hyperlink reference is associated with the second portion of the likeness, such that when the first portion of the likeness is displayed on the display device, the hyperlink reference is selectable by a user to cause the computer system to display the second portion of the likeness on the display device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a page of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the page.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a page number of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the page number.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a title of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the title.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the paper is at least one of the following: a newspaper; a magazine; and a journal.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the electronic version is a first electronic version of the paper, and wherein the computing device is for:

translating a second electronic version of the paper into the first electronic version.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computing device is for:

highlighting the hyperlink reference.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a tangible computer-readable medium, the computer program being processable by a computer system to perform steps comprising:

storing an electronic version of a paper, wherein the electronic version is displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper;

automatically detecting content of a first portion of the likeness, wherein the detected content is a term or a phrase that indicates a location within the likeness of the paper at which a second portion of the likeness is located; and

in response to the detected content, forming a hyperlink reference within at least part of the detected content of the first portion of the likeness, wherein the hyperlink reference is associated with the second portion of the likeness, such that when the first portion of the likeness is displayed on the display device, the hyperlink reference is selectable by a user to cause the computer system to display the second portion of the likeness on the display device.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a page of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the page.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a page number of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the page number.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the detected content is at least one of the following: a term that indicates a title of the location at which the second portion of the likeness is located within the paper; and a phrase that indicates the title.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the paper is at least one of the following: a newspaper; a magazine; and a journal.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the electronic version is a first electronic version of the paper, and wherein the steps further comprise:

translating a second electronic version of the paper into the first electronic version.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the steps further comprise:

highlighting the hyperlink reference.

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