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H04N 1/327 (2006.01) G06F 17/30 (2006.01) G06F 15/401 (1990.01)
Patent
CA 2128973
An information retrieval method wherein users may submit a query via a graphical bitmapping technique. The user provides an information retrieval system with a bitmap of a printed, written, or graphical query by either scanning the query with a graphical scanner, or employing a standard facsimile transmission machine. The information retrieval system then performs an optical image/character recognition process upon the received bitmap to determine the content of the query, information is then retried based upon the recognized characters and images. In a particular method of the invention, the user is provided with a bitmap of the retrieved information.
Church Kenneth Ward
Helfman Jonathan Isaac
Lewis David Dolan
American Telephone And Telegraph Company
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
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