Abstract:
A system and a method for publishing a newspaper page or other data through a Web page, such that the information can be made available more easily throug h a network such as the Internet. The data is automatically converted to the W eb page format by first rendering the newspaper page into a digital format; converting the digital format to a basic internal publishing format; and the n publishing the data in any one of a number of different possible publishing formats, including but not limited to, a mark-up langage document such as a Web page for example. The present invention supports such advanced features as arrangement of the content of the newspaper according to relationships withi n the information of the content and/or according to the preference(s) of the user by analyzing the newspaper page as a plurality of objects. Each newspap er object may optionally be a title, an article, a picture and/or other graphic advertisement, and so forth.
Abstract:
A system and a method for converting microfilm data in a digital format for publishing through a network such as the Internet. First, an image is created of the microfilm, preferably in the TIFF format. Next, the words of the image are recognized through a process of OCR (optical character recognition), with an associated probability of error. The image data can then be converted into a digital format for publication, for example as XML data. Preferably, the user is able to perform a keyword search on the digital format data. More preferably, the keyword search is an adaptive search.
Abstract:
A system and a method for publishing a newspaper page or other data through a Web page, such that the information can be made available more easily through a network such as the Internet. The data is automatically converted to the Web page format by first rendering the newspaper page into a digital format; converting the digital format to a basic internal publishing format; and then publishing the data in any one of a number of different possible publishing formats, including but not limited to, a mark-up langage document such as a Web page for example. The present invention supports such advanced features as arrangement of the content of the newspaper according to relationships within the information of the content and/or according to the preference(s) of the user by analyzing the newspaper page as a plurality of objects. Each newspaper object may optionally be a title, an article, a picture and/or other graphic advertisement, and so forth.
Abstract:
A system and a method for publishing a newspaper page or other data through a Web page, such that the information can be made available more easily through a network such as the Internet. The data is automatically converted to the Web page format by first rendering the newspaper page into a digital format; converting the digital format to a basic internal publishing format; and then publishing the data in any one of a number of different possible publishing formats, including but not limited to, a mark-up langage document such as a Web page for example. The present invention supports such advanced features as arrangement of the content of the newspaper according to relationships within the information of the content and/or according to the preference(s) of the user by analyzing the newspaper page as a plurality of objects. Each newspaper object may optionally be a title, an article, a picture and/or other graphic advertisement, and so forth.