Abstract: A register interest system receives from a potential acquirer of assets an indication that the potential acquirer is interested in acquiring rights in a specific asset that is not currently on the market. The register interest system stores indications that the potential acquirers are interested in specific assets. When a notification criterion has been satisfied, then the register interest system notifies the owner of the specific asset that one or more potential acquirers are interested in acquiring rights to that asset. The owner and a potential acquirer can then negotiate the purchase of the rights.

Abstract: A pirani absolute pressure sensor for sensing absolute pressure in a load lock in a range from 100 to 10?4 torr and a differential pressure sensor for sensing a pressure difference between ambient atmospheric pressure and pressure in the load lock chamber are combined together in a module with a manifold and common circuit components to provide a pressure transducer that is capable of producing not only analog output for absolute pressure measurements, but also control signals at settable absolute and differential pressure values for opening interior and exterior doors of a load lock used to shuttle wafers and other devices into and out of a vacuum processing chamber. The transducer can also produce signals to control transition from slow to fast vacuum pumping of the load lock chamber at a settable threshold pressure.

Abstract: A system and method is provided to improve software simulation. A software emulator is used in conjunction with a hardware simulator. A special snapshot instruction is included in the software code that is emulated. When the snapshot instruction is encountered, values such as register, memory, and program stack values, are stored creating an initial snapshot. Code continues to be emulated and, when the next snapshot instruction is encountered, the values are written to create a second snapshot. The initial values are used to set an initial state in a hardware model that is simulated on a hardware simulator. The results of the hardware simulation are compared to the second snapshot to uncover software errors and/or hardware errors so that the software can be modified or the hardware design can be modified. Multiple sets of snapshots can be taken to analyze multiple sections of the software program.

Abstract: Information is scanned to a scanner memory. A user of the scanner is signaled when sufficient information has been obtained to determine at least one action associated with the scanned information.

Abstract: Information corresponding to a sentence or less of text is scanned from a rendered document and converted to text. The text is communicated to a search engine. Electronic content corresponding to the rendered document from which the text was scanned is identified from the search engine results.

Abstract: Techniques for determining the content of a document fragment based at least in part on its digest are described herein.

Abstract: There is provided a screen multiplexor for processing graphical display data and an associated distribution method. A plurality of graphical display data streams is received at the multiplexor, processed and directed to one or more network-connected display devices. The network is a general purpose data network and may be wireless. The directed data streams can be spatially multiplexed, temporally multiplexed, and/or multiplexed in such a way that data from one stream is overlaid on data from another stream. The distribution method and screen multiplexor thus allow a flexible relationship between the number of screens and the sources of the information to be displayed thereon.

Abstract: A system for interactive paper is described. Data fragments are captured at locations in a rendered document. A digital version of the document is optionally located. Markup data applied to the capture creates a rich set of interactions for the user. New models for publishing documents and new document-related services are described.

Abstract: A facility for securing text captured from a rendered document is described. The facility receives data including an encryption of text captured from a rendered document. The facility decrypts the captured text included in the received data.

Abstract: A device for capturing rendered text is described. The device incorporates one or more visual sensors that receive visual information as a part of capturing rendered text. The visual sensors are collectively capable of capturing both text that is permanently printed on a page, and text that is displayed transitorily on a dynamic device. The device further incorporates a visual information disposition subsystem for disposing of visual information received by the visual sensors. The device further incorporates a package that bears the visual sensors and the visual information disposition subsystem, and is suitable to be held in a human hand.

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.

Abstract: A handheld optical scanner for capturing images of text from a rendered document is described. The scanner includes a package suitable to be held in a user's hand. The package contains an optical sensor that captures images of text from a rendered document. The package also contains a proximity sensor that determines when the optical sensor is within a predetermined distance and orientation of a rendered document. The package further contains a triggering mechanism that causes the optical sensor to capture an image of text from a rendered document when the proximity sensor determines that the optical sensor is within a predetermined distance and orientation of a rendered document.

Abstract: Character recognition is described. In one embodiment, it may use matched sequences rather than character shape to determine a computer-legible result.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for filling forms, including using a graphical capture device, are described herein.

Abstract: A facility for exposing an index of private documents is described. In a private network, the facility (1) identifies electronic versions of documents that are available inside the private network, including a distinguished document; (2) constructs an index covering the identified electronic versions of documents; and (3) exports the constructed index from the private network to an index publication server. At the index publication server, the facility (1) receives the exported index; (2) receives a query via a public network; and (3) uses an index, based upon the received index, to generate a query result for the received query that contains the distinguished document.

Abstract: An action plan data structure for one or more selected rendered documents is described. The data structure contains information specifying an action to perform automatically in response to a text capture from any of the selected rendered documents.

Abstract: A system and method is provided to deliver messages to processors operating in a multi-processing environment. In a multi-processor environment, interrupts are managed by storing events in a queue that correspond to a particular support processor. A main processor decodes an interrupt and determines which support processor generated the interrupt. The main processor then determines whether a kernel or an application should process the interrupt. Interrupts such as page faults, segment faults, and alignment errors are handled by the kernel, while “informational” signals, such as stop and signal requests, halt requests, mailbox requests, and DMC tag complete requests are handled by the application. In addition, multiple identical events are maintained, and event data may be included in the interrupt using the invention described herein.

Abstract: A system for processing text captured from rendered documents is described. The system receives a sequence of one or more words optically or acoustically captured from a rendered document by a user. The system identifies among words of the sequence a word with which an action has been associated. The system then performs the associated action with respect to the user.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for enhancing documents, including using a graphical capture device, are described herein.

Abstract: Information is captured from a rendered document with a handheld document data capture device. Electronic information associated with the rendered document is applied to determine the system's actions and/or behaviors in response to the data capture. In some embodiments, the electronic information is markup data or an action map associated with the rendered document. In some embodiments, an electronic counterpart corresponding to the rendered document is located, and information associated with the electronic counterpart is applied to determine actions and/or behaviors available to a user of the handheld document data capture device.