Patents Assigned to Exbiblio B.V.
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for data gathering in a digital and hard copy document environment
    Patent number: 7437023
    Abstract: A system for easily determining viewership of articles or ads in printed publications and using the determined viewership to determine author compensation, ad rates, or other historical or demographic related information is described. The system receives scan information of portions of a number of paper documents that is generated by scanners operated by a number of users. The system searches digital content using the received scan information, and determines a readership value for components of the paper document based upon the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Exbiblio B.V.
    Inventors: Martin T. King, Dale L. Grover, Clifford A. Kushler, James Q. Stafford-Fraser
  • Archive of text captures from rendered documents
    Patent number: 7421155
    Abstract: A facility for storing a text capture data structure for a particular user is described. The data structure comprises a number of entries. Each entry corresponds to a text capture operation performed by the user from a rendered document. Each entry contains information specifying the text captured in the text capture operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Exbiblio B.V.
    Inventors: Martin T. King, Dale L. Grover, Clifford A. Kushler, James Q. Stafford-Fraser
  • Adding Value to a Rendered Document
    Publication number: 20080141117
    Abstract: A system for processing data captured from rendered documents is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: EXBIBLIO, B.V.
    Inventors: Martin T. King, Dale L. Grover, Clifford A. Kushler, James Q. Stafford-Fraser