Patent Document ID: 8175388
Application ID: 12363434

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an electronic document comprising an image object; recognizing, in a first region of the image object, a first plurality of text characters having a first orientation in the image object; recognizing, in a second region of the image object, a second plurality of text characters having a second orientation in the image object; and modifying the electronic document to include: a first text object comprising an identification of the first plurality of text characters, wherein the identification of the first plurality of text characters includes a first set of values, each value in the first set of values representing an individual text character recognized in the first region; and a second text object comprising an identification of the second plurality of text characters, wherein the identification of the second plurality of text characters includes a second set of values, each value in the second set of values representing an individual text character recognized in the second region.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first text object further comprises an identification of the first orientation and an identification of the first region, and the second text object further comprises an identification of the second orientation and an identification of the second region.