Patent ID: 7979785

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a digital book having a sequence of pages, each page including a digital image; searching the sequence of pages to determine whether a table of contents (TOC) exists in the sequence of pages, wherein searching the sequence of pages to determine whether the TOC exists includes: searching the sequence of pages for one or more attributes indicative of a TOC, the attributes including a white space and at least one of a roman numeral, an ellipsis, or italicized text; and determining that a digital image in the sequence of pages contains a TOC based on attributes resulting from the search, the determining including: generating a score for the digital image, including evaluating a combination of the attributes resulting from the search; and comparing the score to a reference; upon determining that a TOC exists in the sequence of pages, tagging the digital image in the sequence of pages that contains the TOC, the tagging including: creating one or more links for the TOC, where each link links to one of the sequence of pages of the digital book; embedding the one or more links into the image containing the TOC; and providing the image, including the embedded links, for display on a display device; and upon determining that a TOC does not exist in the sequence of pages, creating a TOC.