Method to automatically determine the thumbnail of a document

Details Method to automatically determine the thumbnail of a document Method to automatically determine the thumbnail of a document

2007-03-08

2011-10-25

Zahr, Ashraf (Department: 2175)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Operator interface

On-screen workspace or object

C715S810000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08046717

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for automatically generating the most relevant thumbnail of a document. Every page of a multi-page document is analyzed for rich content. Based on this analysis, a score is assigned to every page of the document depending on certain parameters such as the amount of rich content and number of occurrences of rich content on each page. The page with the highest score is identified and this page is selected as the thumbnail of the document.

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