Method and system for generating electronic documents from paper documents while retaining information from the paper documents

1. A computer-implemented method for adding an electronic property to electronically converted paper documents, the method comprising:

generating a converted electronic document from a paper document;

automatically fragmenting the converted electronic document into fragments;

identifying content of each fragment of the converted electronic document;

searching for one or more electronic documents corresponding to the converted electronic document using the content from multiple fragments;

identifying a first electronic document corresponding to a first fragment;

identifying a second electronic document corresponding to a second fragment, the first and second electronic documents comprising different documents;

extracting electronic properties from the first and second electronic documents; and

applying the electronic properties extracted from the first and second electronic documents to the content of the converted electronic document.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein generating the converted electronic document comprises at least one of:

scanning the paper document; and

capturing a document via a camera.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein searching for one or more electronic documents comprises:

identifying a document, having at least document-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the converted electronic document, as the second electronic document.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein searching for one or more electronic documents comprises:

using content on a first page of the converted electronic document for searching; and

identifying a first document page, having at least page-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the first page of the converted electronic document, as the first electronic document.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein searching for one or more electronic copies further comprises:

using content on a second page of the converted electronic document for searching; and

identifying a second document page, having at least page-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the second page of the converted electronic document, as the second electronic document.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein electronic properties comprise at least one of: hyperlink, font, character, paragraph styling, animation, video, slideshow, or color absent in the paper document.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the content comprises at least one of text and image.

8. An system for adding an electronic property to electronically converted documents, the system comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors electronically coupled to the memory, the one or more processors, in conjunction with the memory, programmed to cause the system to perform:

automatically fragmenting a converted electronic document into fragments;

identifying content of each fragment of the converted electronic document;

searching for one or more electronic documents corresponding to the converted electronic document using the content from multiple fragments;

identifying a first electronic document corresponding to a first fragment;

identifying a second electronic document corresponding to a second fragment, the first and second electronic documents comprising different documents;

extracting electronic properties from the first and second electronic documents; and

applying the electronic properties extracted from the first and second electronic documents to the content of the converted electronic document.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the converted electronic document lacks electronic properties and is generated by at least one of:

scanning a paper document; and

capturing a document via a camera.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein searching comprises:

identifying a document, having at least document-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the converted electronic document.

11. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein searching for one or more electronic documents comprises:

using content of a first fragment of the converted electronic document for searching; and

identifying a first document fragment, having at least fragment-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the first fragment of the converted electronic document, as the first electronic document.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein searching for one or more electronic documents further comprises:

using content of a second fragment of the converted electronic document for searching; and

identifying a second document fragment, having at least fragment-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the second fragment of the converted electronic document, as the second electronic document.

13. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the electronic properties comprise at least one of: hyperlink, font, character, paragraph styling, animation, video, slideshow, or color, absent in the converted electronic document.

14. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the content comprises at least one of text and image.

15. The system as claimed in claim 8 and further comprising a camera for generating the converted electronic document.

16. A transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions that when executed by at least one processor causes a computing device to:

generate a converted electronic document from a paper document;

automatically fragment the converted electronic document into fragments;

identify content of each fragment of the converted electronic document;

search for one or more electronic documents corresponding to the converted electronic document using the content from multiple fragments;

identify a first electronic document corresponding to a first fragment;

identify a second electronic document corresponding to a second fragment, the first and second electronic documents comprising different documents;

extract electronic properties from the first and second electronic documents; and

apply the electronic properties extracted from the first and second electronic documents to the content of the converted electronic document.

17. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to search for one or more electronic documents by:

identifying a document, having at least document-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the converted electronic document, as the second electronic document.

18. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to search for one or more electronic documents by:

using content on a first page of the converted electronic document for searching; and

identifying a first document page, having at least page-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the first page of the converted electronic document, as the first electronic document.

19. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to search for one or more electronic documents by:

using content on a second page of the converted electronic document for searching; and

identifying a second document page, having at least page-threshold-value of similarity with the content of the second page of the converted electronic document, as the second electronic document.

20. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the electronic properties comprise at least one of: hyperlink, font, character, paragraph styling, animation, video, slideshow, or color absent in the paper document.