Patent ID: 8196041
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing information relating to active regions of a page of physical document so that a user can access corresponding information via a workstation, said method comprising: recording in an active regions table within the workstation, an identification of the page of the physical document, said page having been identified to the workstation by a first user after the first user positioned a transparent electro-luminescent tablet or other touch sensitive plate over the page, said tablet or plate being coupled to the workstation; receiving, by the workstation from the tablet or plate, a plurality of active regions traced on the page by the first user; after said receiving the plurality of active regions traced on the page by the first user, receiving, by the workstation from the first user, an identification of each active region of the plurality of active regions and at least one hyperlink associated with each active region of the plurality of active regions; after said receiving the plurality of active regions traced on the page by the first user and after said receiving the identification of each active region and the associated at least one hyperlink, said workstation recording information in the active regions table, wherein the information comprises said identification of each active region of the plurality of active regions, geometric coordinates defining an outline of each active region of the plurality of active regions, and the at least one hyperlink associated each active region of the plurality of active regions; after said recording information, receiving by the workstation identifying coordinates of only one point on the tablet or page that was pointed to by a second user while the only one point was aligned over a single point on the page, wherein at least one active region of the plurality of active regions comprises the single point; identifying, by the workstation through use of the received identifying coordinates and the information recorded in the active regions table, the at least one active region comprising the single point; and displaying on a computer screen of the workstation, the at least one hyperlink associated with each active region of the identified at least one active region.