Cybernet Medical Patents: 5,963,966 - 6,050,940 - 6,375,614 - 6,723,046

United States Patent  Mitchell, et al.  5,963,966 October 5, 1999 Automated capture of technical documents for electronic review and distribution  Abstract Paper documents are automatically converted into a hypertext-based format so that they can be accessed through electronic networks, including the Internet, or via non-volatile transfer media such as disks or CD-ROMs. The invention generalizes the concept of form-based recognition while extending the concept of document retrieval to include document structure knowledge, thereby providing the advantages found in both form-based recognition (utilization of document structure knowledge) and image-based information retrieval (robustness). In a preferred embodiment, a method according to the invention enables direct translation of a paper document into a hypertext-based format so that it may be directly accessed through the Internet using current browsers such as Mosaic, Netscape and Microsoft's Explorer. Visit the U.S.P.T.O. database to view the complete listing for this patent (search patents by the patent number for best results).