Content management for virtual tours including exposing, within a virtual tour, a hotspot, the hotspot having an associated a hyperlink to a third-party content management provider and access code for accessing content from third-party content management provider; receiving an invocation of the hotspot; invoking the hyperlink associated with the hotspot; invoking the access code for accessing content from third-party content management provider; receiving, from the third-party content management provider, content; and displaying the received content within the virtual tour.

A method for providing watermark to subscribers is provided. The method comprises observing a request for a first content from a subscriber, determining if the subscriber can receive a watermark, generating a second content comprising the watermark if the subscriber can receive a watermark, causing the subscriber to fetch the first content, and causing the subscriber to fetch the second content comprising the watermark overlaying the first content.

A system and method for automatically changing the operation of a mobile device in response to a presence of information is described. In some examples, the system determines an information capture device is proximate to text, automatically changes operation of the capture device to a certain mode, captures the text, and performs an action associated with the captured text.

According to aspects illustrated herein, methods and systems for direct and automatically transferring a scanned document from a multi-function device to a personal device of the user, are disclosed. The method includes receiving a document for scanning. The received document is scanned to generate a scanned document. Upon completion of the scanning, a pre-defined code corresponding to the scanned document is generated. The pre-defined code is displayed to a user on a user interface of the multi-function device. Then, a request to scan the displayed pre-defined code is received via the personal device of the user. Upon successful scanning, the scanned document is automatically downloaded on the personal device of the user after appropriate authorization.

An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus.

Content management for virtual tours including exposing, within a virtual tour, a hotspot, the hotspot having an associated a hyperlink to a third-party content management provider and access code for accessing content from third-party content management provider; receiving an invocation of the hotspot; invoking the hyperlink associated with the hotspot; invoking the access code for accessing content from third-party content management provider; receiving, from the third-party content management provider, content; and displaying the received content within the virtual tour.

An image transmission apparatus includes an information input unit that inputs predetermined information, a memory that stores the predetermined input information as electronic data, a communication unit that transmits an electronic mail to a predetermined transmission destination, a storage location information generating unit that generates storage location information indicating a location where the electronic data is stored, a storage location tagged mail generating unit that generates a storage location tagged electronic mail including the storage location information, an acquisition request acknowledgment unit that acknowledges an acquisition request to acquire electronic data from the transmission destination, and an electronic data loaded mail generating unit that generates an electronic data loaded mail including the electronic data.

An image processing method includes an acquisition step of acquiring image data by capturing printed matter, wherein first information and second information, indicating a type of the first information, are embedded in the printed matter as an electronic watermark, an extraction step of extracting the first information and the second information from the image data acquired at the acquisition step, and a processing step of processing the extracted first information by different processing methods in accordance with the extracted second information. Based on that the type of the first information indicated by the second information is a predetermined type, the extracted first information is processed at the processing step, by a predetermined processing method for access to an external device using the extracted first information and display of a web page based on the access.

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.

An image processing method includes a selection step of selecting a type of first information that is embedded in printed matter in accordance with instructions by a user via a user interface, an embedment step of embedding the first information and second information indicating a type selected at the selection step in a printing-target image as an electronic watermark, a printing control step of causing a printing apparatus to print the printing-target image in which the first information and the second information have been embedded at the embedment step, an acquisition step of acquiring image data by capturing the printed matter, an extraction step of extracting the first information and the second information from the image data acquired at the acquisition step, and a processing step of processing the first information extracted at the extraction step by different processing methods in accordance with the second information.