Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for providing one or more media objects associated with a printed document to a user of a mobile communication device.

Abstract: A portable communication apparatus is provided which comprises an image-capturing means for capturing an image; a character recognition means for recognizing characters which appear in that captured image; a location means for identifying the current location of the portable communication apparatus; a data retrieval means for accessing one or more databases in order to retrieve data based on the recognized characters and on the current location of the portable communication apparatus.

Abstract: A method and devices are described for providing a user of a mobile communication apparatus with a prediction of a string of characters based on one or more characters. The method includes the steps of: receiving information that relates to the location of the mobile communication apparatus; receiving character information which is part a the string of characters to be predicted; accessing databases which comprise pre-defined strings of characters and selecting therefrom a group of strings of characters associated with the vicinity at which the mobile communication apparatus is currently located; transmitting the selected group of strings of characters to the mobile communication apparatus; and displaying the selected group of strings of characters at the mobile communication apparatus.