Patent ID: 7871271

Claim:
A user system comprising a computer-readable memory, said memory storing computer program instructions that when executed perform a method for creating hyperlinks, said method comprising: providing a hyperlink table that does not include a physical position on any page of a Braille document, does not comprise any spatial coordinates on a proximity sensing foil, and does not comprise any hyperlink, wherein the hyperlink table is stored in a remote server that is remote from the user system, wherein the user system and the remote server are connected to a communication network such that the communication network is disposed between the user system and the remote server, and wherein the remote system is accessed remotely by a user who is interactively using the Braille document in the user system; detecting an item of text touched by the user, said item of text being located on a page of the Braille document, said detecting being accomplished through use of the proximity sensing foil aligned under the page while the item is being touched by the user; determining spatial coordinates on the proximity sensing foil of the detected item through use of the proximity sensing foil; determining an identification of the touched item based on the determined spatial coordinates; specifying, based on said identification, a hyperlink to a destination address from which information pertaining to the touched item may be accessed, wherein the destination address is an address of the remote server; after and responsive to both said determining an identification and said specifying a hyperlink, storing in the hyperlink table: the identification of the touched item, the hyperlink, and the determined spatial coordinates.