A system for retrieving information from a document. The system includes a document
model representative of the document having a plurality of data structures representative
of components within the document and a thumbnail image registered with the document
model. The registration is accomplished by mapping selected coordinates within
the thumbnail image to a data structure selected from the plurality of data structures.
In this manner, a user can interact with the thumbnail image coordinates to retrieve
data from the document as a function of the components mapped to those coordinates.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the retrieved information may be streamed
to a word-at-a-time display. This is particularly useful when used in connection
with the display of low-resolution images on hand-held devices.
