Patent ID: 6940491

Claim:
A method, for use in a user system ( 200 ), of generating an hyperlinked physical copy of an electronic document ( 203 ) comprising one or a plurality of hyperlinks, said method comprising the steps of: selecting an electronic document ( 203 ); creating ( 802 ) an hyperlink table ( 201 ); associating ( 802 ) said hyperlink table with a physical copy ( 202 ) of said electronic document, said physical copy comprising one or a plurality of pages; for each page of the physical copy: identifying ( 803 ) in the electronic document, the one or plurality of hyperlink items comprised in the page; storing ( 803 ) in the hyperlink table an identification of each identified hyperlink item; retrieving ( 803 ) from the electronic document identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item on the page; storing ( 803 ) in the hyperlink table said identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item; retrieving ( 805 ) from the electronic document, electronic coordinates of each identified hyperlinked item on the page; translating ( 805 ) said electronic coordinates into physical coordinates on the page of the physical copy; storing ( 806 ) said physical coordinates in the hyperlink table.