Annotating received world wide web/internet document pages without changing the hypertext markup language content of the pages
First Claim
1. In a World Wide Web (Web) communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks to other hypertext documents accessible from sources on the Web, a system for annotating a displayed received document without changing said received document content comprising:
- means at a receiving display station for displaying the received hypertext document;
means for superimposing a transparent displayed layer over said displayed received hypertext document; and
user interactive means enabling the entry of displayed data into said superimposed layer relative to said underlying displayed hypertext document.
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Abstract
A Web page function that enables the interactive user to simply annotate a received Web document/page with text and graphics entries that may be stored separately from the stored Web page so that the annotations track the stored Web page, and may be subsequently accessed and displayed whenever the Web page is accessed and displayed. As a result, it is not necessary for the user to do any editing in the HTML format of the Web page that remains unchanged. Apparatus at a receiving display station for displaying the received hypertext document, and an implementation for superimposing a transparent displayed layer over the displayed received hypertext document, and user interactive apparatus enabling the entry of displayed data into said superimposed layer relative to said underlying displayed hypertext document. The received document is customarily a hypertext markup language document, and the displayed data entered into said superimposed layer is not defined in hypertext markup language. Therefore, apparatus provided at the receiving display station for storing the received hypertext markup language document, and apparatus is also provided at the receiving display station for storing said displayed entered data separate and independent of said received document.
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1. In a World Wide Web (Web) communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks to other hypertext documents accessible from sources on the Web, a system for annotating a displayed received document without changing said received document content comprising:
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means at a receiving display station for displaying the received hypertext document;
means for superimposing a transparent displayed layer over said displayed received hypertext document; and
user interactive means enabling the entry of displayed data into said superimposed layer relative to said underlying displayed hypertext document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a Web communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks to other hypertext documents accessible from sources on the Web, a method for annotating a displayed received document without changing said received document content comprising;
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displaying the received hypertext document at a receiving display station;
superimposing a transparent displayed layer over said displayed received hypertext document; and
enabling the user interactive entry of displayed data into said superimposed layer relative to said underlying displayed hypertext document. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for annotating a displayed document received at a Web display station without changing said document comprising:
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means for displaying the received hypertext document at said receiving display station;
means for superimposing a transparent displayed layer over said displayed received hypertext document; and
user interactive means enabling the entry of displayed data into said superimposed layer relative to said underlying displayed hypertext document. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a Web communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks to other hypertext documents accessible from sources on the Web, a system for annotating a displayed received document without changing said received document content comprising:
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a receiving display station for displaying the received hypertext document;
an implementation for superimposing a transparent displayed layer over said displayed received hypertext document; and
user interactive apparatus enabling the entry of displayed data into said superimposed layer relative to said underlying displayed hypertext document. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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