Xerox Corporation

Rural Technology & Business Incubator

Jacki O'Neill

Frederic Roulland

Stefania Castellani

Caroline Privault

Victor Ciriza

Yves Hoppenot

Shourya Roy

Robert John Rolleston

Jean-Michel Renders

Jutta Willamowski

Antonietta Grasso

Maria Antonietta Grasso

Aaron N Kaplan

Ye Deng

Karen Marie Braun

Francois Ragnet

Nicola Cancedda

Claude Roux

Mary Ann Sprague

Meera Sampath

Pascal Valobra

Nicolas Monet

Chithralekha Balamurugan

Ana Fucs

Geoffrey J Woolfe

Sujit Gujar

Michel Gastaldo

Tommaso Colombino

David B Martin

Fabien Guillot

Grégoire Gerard

David S Martin

Mathieu Knibiehly

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Keerthi Laal Kala

Lakshmi Vaidyanathan

Timothy Gonsalves

Pratyush Prasanna

James Michael Allen Begole

Jonina Selin

Karin Pettersson

Peter Tolmie

Gregory Bauduin

David Martin

A computer implemented tactile user interface (TUI) and a method of manipulating objects with a virtual magnet are provided. The TUI includes a display comprising a touch-screen. The display is configured for displaying a set of graphic objects, each graphic object representing a respective one of a set of items, such as documents, e.g., text documents or images. A virtual magnet is caused to move on the display, in response to touching on the touch-screen, e.g., by dragging a finger or other implement across. The magnet is associated with a particular function command such that a subset of the graphic objects exhibits a response to the virtual magnet (e.g., is caused to move, relative to the virtual magnet or exhibits another visible response), each graphic object in the subset moving or otherwise responding as a function of an attribute of the underlying item represented by the graphic object.

Manipulation of displayed objects by virtual magnetism

A method for processing an electronic document is provided. The electronic document includes a plurality of text fields and a text label associated with each of the plurality of text fields. The method includes step of extracting the plurality of text fields from the electronic document. The method includes step of grouping the plurality of extracted text fields to generate a plurality of groups. The method includes step of labeling the plurality of groups based on a first pre-defined criteria to generate a plurality of labeled groups. The method includes step of distributing the plurality of labeled groups in a plurality of queues based on a second pre-defined criteria. The method includes step of transmitting the plurality of labeled groups from the plurality of queues to one or more crowdworkers based on a third pre-defined criteria.

Method and system for a text data entry from an electronic document

Partial access to electronic documents and aggregation for secure document distribution is disclosed. The embodiments herein relate to providing access to electronic documents and, more particularly, to providing access to portions of electronic documents and aggregating such portions in secure document distribution environment. Existing document distribution mechanisms do not provide means to access partial documents based on the attributes such as roles of the agents within an organization, location of access, time of access, device ID and so on. The disclosed method allows agents to access partial contents of documents based on the attributes. Meta data tags are attached to the documents in order to control the access of the documents by the defined attributes. The agent who wishes to access the document enters his credential and based on the credentials he is provided access to the content that is assigned for him

Method and system for secure and selective access for editing and aggregation of electronic documents in a distributed environment

A system and method are provided for dynamically generating a query using touch gestures. A virtual magnet is movable on a display device of a tactile user interface in response to touch. A user selects one of a set of text documents for review, which is displayed on the display. The system is configured for recognizing a highlighting gesture on the tactile user interface over the displayed document as a selection of a text fragment from the document text. The virtual magnet is populated with a query which is based on the text fragment selected with the highlighting gesture. The populated magnet is able to cause a subset of displayed graphic objects to exhibit a response to the magnet as a function of the query and the text content of the respective documents which the objects represent and/or to cause responsive instances in a text document to be displayed.

Query generation from displayed text documents using virtual magnets

A method for assisting a user to develop a query in a natural language includes receiving a user's query in a natural language and, while the user's query is being entered, presenting a subset of ranked query suggestions from a collection of ranked query suggestions to the user as candidates for user queries. The subset is based on that portion of the user's query already entered. The query suggestions in the subset of query suggestions are presented according to their respective rankings in the collection. Each of the query suggestions in the collection is formulated to retrieve at least one responsive instance in the knowledge base. The rankings of the query suggestions in the collection are based at least in part on stored logs of prior user sessions in which user queries were input to a search engine for retrieving responsive instances from the knowledge base.

Real-time query suggestion in a troubleshooting context

A system and method for document management are provided. The method relies on a logging system which automatically generates image logs for input documents for each job (print, copy, fax, scan, etc.) processed by the multifunction printing device(s) of an organization. The image logs are processed to identify keywords which are the basis of a search for similar documents among those which have been previously archived as well as documents in other accessible document repositories, including Web documents. The method identifies matching documents and optionally also revisions and related documents. A procedure is provided for ensuring that for each document processed by a multifunction device or other image output device of the organization, image data is archived (or identified as a public document without archiving). The method avoids duplication by using a digital matching document, where available, enabling the images of the image log for the input document to be discarded.

Apparatus and method for document collection and filtering

A print mediator includes an interface module which serves as an interface for a document to be submitted for printing. The interface module communicates with an associated printing infrastructure for acquiring color rendering information for a print queue of the printing infrastructure. A reviewing application receives the acquired color rendering information and generates a visual representation of a document to be submitted for printing based thereon. Problems relating to color rendering by the printing infrastructure are detected and proposals for correction are presented to the submitter by the reviewing application. The user can review the proposals and accept or reject them as well as making annotations on the document. An analogous reviewing application is accessed by the print shop operator to review the document and submitter's annotations.

Print mediator

A system and method which may be implemented at least partly by a computer, are provided for developing a support system. A virtual representation of a device is generated for display on a user interface. Links between components of the virtual representation, which represent components of the device, and corresponding cases in a searchable knowledge base (SKB) are stored. Users can navigate the SKB in search of a solution to a problem with the device with the assistance of the virtual representation which enables actuation of the existing links. The users are able to create new links, each new link linking a component of the virtual representation with a case in the SKB which the user identifies as providing a solution to the problem with the device which is related to the component. The new link is stored for future use by the user or by other users.

Collaborative linking of support knowledge bases with visualization of device

Disclosed are embodiments of a color management system and an associated method that display a visual representation of a digital version of a document and further annotate selected object(s) in the visual representation with corresponding statement(s) containing a natural language description of any color differences between the selected object and the same object in a different digital version of the same document. For example, a visual representation of the print-preview version of a document can be displayed and a selected object within the visual representation can be annotated with a statement containing a natural language description of any color differences between the selected object and the same object in the selected-for-print-preview version of the document. By annotating selected object(s) on the display in this manner, the embodiments provide an accurate indication of color variations between the two versions even in a non-calibrated and/or non-optimal viewing environment.

Color management system and method using natural language description of color differences

A system and method for reviewing documents are provided. A collection of documents is portioned into sets of documents for review by a plurality of reviewers. For each set, documents in the set are displayed on a display device for review by a reviewer and temporarily organized through grouping and sorting. The reviewer's labels for the displayed documents are received. Based on the reviewer's labels, a class from a plurality of classes is assigned to each of the reviewed documents. A classifier model stored in computer memory is progressively trained, based on features extracted from the reviewed documents in the set and their assigned classes. Prior to review of all documents in the set, a calculated subset of documents for which the classifier model assigns a class different from the one assigned based on the reviewer's label is returned for a second review by a reviewer. Models generated from one or more other document sets can be used to assess the review of a first of the sets.

System and method for assisted document review

A computer retrieval system includes memory which stores instructions for (1) receiving a user query in a natural language, (2) identifying text strings from an associated knowledge base, each containing at least one expression (word or multi-word expression) which is matched with at least one expression of the user query, (3) refining the user query by representing at least a group of the text strings as a navigation tree in which each of a plurality of selectable nodes comprises an expression representative of at least one syntactic unit in at least one of the identified text strings and wherein relationships between syntactic units are used in structuring the nodes of the navigation tree, and (4) retrieving text from the knowledge base related to the refined query. A processor executes the instructions.

Navigation system for text

A communication system and apparatus for a xerographic imaging system for enhanced collaborative communication between the machine user and the remote troubleshooting advisor. The machine includes an imager for showing a selected virtual representation of the machine including an image of the machine illustrating an area of the machine having the troubleshooting need. A communication link exists between the user and the advisor and comprises a bi-directional visualization of a selected virtual representation synchronously displayed to the user and the advisor via respective imagers. An image adjuster is operated by the expert for selective adjustment of the virtual representation to suggest a section of the area of the machine wherein action by the machine user may resolve the troubleshooting need. The selective adjustment is communicated to the machine user through the communication link whereby upon viewing this suggested adjustment, corrective action is suggested to the user. The corrective action is identified to the user by identifying a difference between the actual machine state and the shared virtual representation. The visual indicators may direct the user to a particular location and percussion centers on the machine identify a particular tapping location by the user to verify position identification to the troubleshooting expert.

Bi-directional remote visualization for supporting collaborative machine troubleshooting

A method for assisting a user to connect a problem with a device, such as a printer includes extracting, from records comprising user actions on the device, string of user actions on the device. The string of user action is compared with at least one predetermined sequence of user actions for correction of predefined problem with the device. Based on the comparison, an evaluation is made as to whether at least one prior user has attempted the predetermined sequence and, if so, a procedure is implemented to avoid a user repeating the prior attempt.

Method for avoiding repetition of user actions by using past users' experiences

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