Patent ID: 9530050
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A method of annotating an unindexed document, comprising: receiving, by a computing device from a portable capture device, a first digital image depicting at least a first portion of the unindexed document, wherein the unindexed document is unknown to an index of stored documents; receiving, by the computing device, an annotation associated with the unindexed document from a first user of the portable capture device; extracting, by the computing device, features from the first digital image; storing, by the computing device, the first digital image, the extracted features, and the annotation as an annotated digital image; recognizing, by the computing device, a second user from the features of the first digital image, wherein the first digital image depicts at least the first portion of the unindexed document and the unindexed document is associated with the annotation from the first user; responsive to recognizing the second user from the features of the first digital image depicting at least the first portion of the unindexed document, creating a new tie between the first user and the second user in a network of users who have captured documents with similar features; and responsive to creating the new tie,