| abstract |
The present invention discloses a method and a system for automatically generating an hyperlink table from an electronic document comprising hyperlinks, for identifying, locating and activating these hyperlinks from a physical copy of this electronic document. The method, for use in a user system, comprises the steps of: n selecting an electronic document; n creating an hyperlink table; n associating said hyperlink table with a physical copy of said electronic document, said physical copy comprising one or a plurality of pages; n for each page of the physical copy: n identifying in the electronic document, the one or plurality of hyperlink items comprised in the page; n storing in the hyperlink table an identification of each identified hyperlink item; n retrieving from the electronic document identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item on the page; n storing in the hyperlink table said identification and location of information and/or service associated with each identified hyperlink item; n retrieving from the electronic document, electronic coordinates of each identified hyperlinked item on the page; n translating said electronic coordinates into physical coordinates on the page of the physical copy; n storing said physical coordinates in the hyperlink table. |