Patent Law Works LLP
Capturing symbolic information from documents upon printing
An MMR system for publishing comprises a plurality of mobile devices, an MMR gateway, an MMR matching unit, and an MMR publisher. A computer includes a document authoring application, plug-in, and printer driver. The MMR matching unit receives an image query from the MMR gateway and sends it to one or more of the recognition units to identify a result including a document, the page and the location on the page. The list of results and links are sent back to the MMR gateway for presentation on the mobile device. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for capturing symbolic information from documents and for capturing printer dll functions.
Ricoh Co., Ltd.
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Daniel G. Berna Jorge Ichiro Jamey Jonathan J.
Van Olst Erol Moraleda Sakikawa Graham Hull