Eric Jay Feigin

US Patent:

20050188304, Aug 25, 2005

Filed:

Apr 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/109135

Inventors:

Daryl Lawton - Redmond WA, US
Alexandra Loeb - Seattle WA, US
Henry Burgess - Woodinville WA, US
Eric Feigin - Washington DC, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F015/00

US Classification:

715526000, 715513000, 715515000

Abstract:

A system for retrieving information from a document. The system includes a document model representative of the document having a plurality of data structures representative of components within the document and a thumbnail image registered with the document model. The registration is accomplished by mapping selected coordinates within the thumbnail image to a data structure selected from the plurality of data structures. In this manner, a user can interact with the thumbnail image coordinates to retrieve data from the document as a function of the components mapped to those coordinates. In a further embodiment of the invention, the retrieved information may be streamed to a word-at-a-time display. This is particularly useful when used in connection with the display of low-resolution images on hand-held devices.

US Patent:

6920610, Jul 19, 2005

Filed:

Mar 2, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/260837

Inventors:

Daryl Lawton - Redmond WA, US
Alexandra W. Loeb - Seattle WA, US
Henry W. Burgess - Woodinville WA, US
Eric J. Feigin - Washington DC, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F015/00

US Classification:

715526, 715513, 715515

Abstract:

A system for retrieving information from a document. The system includes a document model representative of the document having a plurality of data structures representative of components within the document and a thumbnail image registered with the document model. The registration is accomplished by mapping selected coordinates within the thumbnail image to a data structure selected from the plurality of data structures. In this manner, a user can interact with the thumbnail image coordinates to retrieve data from the document as a function of the components mapped to those coordinates. In a further embodiment of the invention, the retrieved information may be streamed to a word-at-a-time display. This is particularly useful when used in connection with the display of low-resolution images on hand-held devices.