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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Thomson Reuters Global Resources (Trgr), Baar, CH;
Inventors:
Peter Pircher, Baar, CH;
Jochen Lothar Leidner, Zug, CH;
Aaron Cooper, Cologne, MN (US);
Daniel Dabney, Baar, CH;
Jonathan Medin, Oberwil bei Zug, CH;
Jack G. Conrad, Hunenberg, CH;
Assignee:
THOMSON REUTERS GLOBAL RESOURCES, Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/20 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/241 (2013.01); G06F 17/2247 (2013.01); G06F 17/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image of a printed document portion is provided to a synchronizer. The synchronizer retrieves an electronic version of the printed document and identifies an electronic text portion that is textually similar to a printed text portion. The synchronizer detects an annotation in the printed document portion and inserts a corresponding digital annotation into the electronic document.