Patent Document ID: 8832542
Application ID: 13313099

Base Claim:
1. A method for providing a hyperlink on a network, the method comprising: capturing an image of at least one character fixed in a medium; determining a letter of an alphabet corresponding to the at least one character; identifying at least one symbol applied onto a portion of the determined letter; determining a type of the identified at least one symbol and a location for the identified at least one symbol on the determined letter; determining a numerical value for the identified at least one symbol based on the determined letter, determined type of the at least one symbol and location of the identified at least one symbol on the determined letter; looking up in a database a hyperlink corresponding to the numerical value; and presenting the hyperlink on a display device.

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Claim 5:
5. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the at least one symbol is a hatch mark, at least one dot, a line, a bolded element or a combination thereof.