Interactive System and Method for Processing On-Screen Items of Textual Interest

摘要

A computer-implemented method processes information displayed on a computer display by alerting, tagging and/or overlaying information about content of textual interest to a user. The alerting function detects items believed to be interest to the user, and notifies the user of the existence of that item and provides the user with an opportunity to tag the item. The tagging function allows the user to highlight information on the display and open a window to tag an item of interest. The overlaying function presents additional information about an item of interest selected by the user. The various functions operate independent of the application presenting the information on the display.

主权项

1. A system configured to alert a viewer of a computer screen to an on-screen presence of a specific item of textual interest comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters having a predetermined structural format, the system comprising:
(a) an alerting function which, without viewer intervention, is configured to:
capture an image of at least a portion of the computer screen;perform character recognition on the captured image to obtain at least one extracted entity comprising a consecutive string of displayable characters following the predetermined structural format;compare the at least one extracted entity with a knowledge base comprising at least one known item of textual interest to find if there is a match; andindicate on the computer screen at least one matched known item of textual interest, to thereby alert the viewer that said at least one known item of textual interest currently appears on the computer screen.