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App. No. 15/716,414

ADDING VALUE TO A RENDERED DOCUMENT

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Abstract

A system for processing data captured from rendered documents is described.

Claims (63)

1 . (canceled)

2 . A computer-implemented method for performing an action, the method comprising:

receiving an image of a portion of text captured using a capture device;

identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured;

identifying a location-based action to perform based on a location of the portion of text within the digital document; and

performing the identified location-based action.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text matches a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

determining, based on the font of the portion of text matching the second font of the second portion of text, that the document from which the portion of text as captured is the same as a document from which the second portion of text was captured.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text does not match a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

determining, based on the font of the portion of text not matching the second font of the second portion of text, that the document from which the portion of text as captured is different from a document from which the second portion of text was captured.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises determining that the digital document has previously depicted text in the font of the portion of text.

6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text includes at least one of bold text or italicized text;

determining a baseline font of the at least one of bold text or italicized text;

determining that the baseline font matches a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

determining, based on the baseline font matching the second font of the second portion of text, that the document from which the portion of text as captured is the same as a document from which the second portion of text was captured.

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining a period of time between a time at which the portion of text was captured and a time at which a second portion of text was captured;

determining, based on a combination of the period of time and the font of the portion of text matching a font of the second portion of text, that the document from which the portion of text as captured is the same as a document from which the second portion of text was captured.

8 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises identifying the digital document based on a geographic location at which the portion of text was captured.

9 . A computing system having a processor coupled to a memory containing computer executable instructions for performing operations of:

receiving an image of a portion of text captured using a capture device;

identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured;

identifying a location-based action to perform based on a location of the portion of text within the digital document; and

performing the identified location-based action.

10 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text matches a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

11 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text does not match a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

12 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises determining that the digital document has previously depicted text in the font of the portion of text.

13 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text includes at least one of bold text or italicized text;

determining a baseline font of the at least one of bold text or italicized text;

determining that the baseline font matches a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

14 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining a period of time between a time at which the portion of text was captured and a time at which a second portion of text was captured; and

15 . The computing system of claim 9 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises identifying the digital document based on a geographic location at which the portion of text was captured.

16 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device that cause the computing device to perform operations of:

receiving an image of a portion of text captured using a capture device;

identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured;

identifying a location-based action to perform based on a location of the portion of text within the digital document; and

performing the identified location-based action.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text matches a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text does not match a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises determining that the digital document has previously depicted text in the font of the portion of text.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining that the font of the portion of text includes at least one of bold text or italicized text;

determining a baseline font of the at least one of bold text or italicized text;

determining that the baseline font matches a second font of a second portion of text previously captured; and

21 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein identifying, based at least on a font of the portion of text, a digital document associated with a document from which the portion of text was captured comprises:

determining a period of time between a time at which the portion of text was captured and a time at which a second portion of text was captured; and

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017

From: KING, MARTIN T.; GROVER, DALE L.; KUSHLER, CLIFFORD A.; STAFFORD-FRASER, JAMES Q.

To: GOOGLE INC.

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