Method for causing server to provide client computers with annotation functions for enabling users of the client computers to view object-based documents with annotations
First Claim
1. A method for causing a server to provide on-line and on-demand to a client computer, which is connected with the server via a network and which has a Web browser, an annotation function available to other client computers, to thereby allow the client computer to communicate with the other client computers using annotations, the method comprising:
- a storing step of storing on the server, by the server, viewing information that allows a user of the client computer to view a document with an attached annotation on a screen of the client computer; and
a transmitting step of transmitting, by the server, in response to a request of the user to view the document, the viewing information to the client computer, the viewing information including;
(a) document information representing the document in a format that allows the user to view the document by the Web browser, such that the document is defined so as to be classified into a plurality of objects which are capable of being designated individually;
(b) annotation information representing the annotation in a format that allows the user to view the annotation by the Web browser, the annotation information including position information defining a position that the annotation is to be displayed by the Web browser with the annotation being attached to the document, in association with a corresponding one of the plurality of objects; and
(c) a script to be executed by the client computer for allocating the annotation to the document.
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Abstract
A server is caused to provide to a client computer an annotation function available to other client computers to thereby allow the client computer to communicate with the other client computers using annotations. The server stores on the server viewing information that allows a user of the client computer to view a document with an attached annotation on a screen of the client computer, and the server transmits the viewing information to the client computer. The viewing information includes: document information representing the document in a web-viewable format, such that the document is defined so as to be classified into a plurality of objects which are capable of being designated individually; annotation information representing the annotation in a web-viewable format; and a script to be executed by the client computer for allocating the annotation to the document.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for causing a server to provide on-line and on-demand to a client computer, which is connected with the server via a network and which has a Web browser, an annotation function available to other client computers, to thereby allow the client computer to communicate with the other client computers using annotations, the method comprising:
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a storing step of storing on the server, by the server, viewing information that allows a user of the client computer to view a document with an attached annotation on a screen of the client computer; and
a transmitting step of transmitting, by the server, in response to a request of the user to view the document, the viewing information to the client computer, the viewing information including;
(a) document information representing the document in a format that allows the user to view the document by the Web browser, such that the document is defined so as to be classified into a plurality of objects which are capable of being designated individually;
(b) annotation information representing the annotation in a format that allows the user to view the annotation by the Web browser, the annotation information including position information defining a position that the annotation is to be displayed by the Web browser with the annotation being attached to the document, in association with a corresponding one of the plurality of objects; and
(c) a script to be executed by the client computer for allocating the annotation to the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for causing a client computer, which is connected with the server via a network and which has a Web browser, to receive on-line and on-demand from the server an annotation function available to other client computers, to thereby allow the client computer to communicate with the other client computers using annotations, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the client computer, viewing information that allows a user of the client computer to view a document with an attached annotation on a screen of the client computer; and
displaying, by the client computer, based on the viewing information transmitted from the server, the document with the annotation at a position associated with a position at which one of the plurality of objects that the annotation has been previously associated with has been displayed on the screen, the viewing information including;
(a) document information representing the document in a format that allows the user to view the document by the Web browser, such that the document is defined so as to be classified into a plurality of objects that are capable of being designated individually;
(b) annotation information representing the annotation in a format that allows the user to view the annotation by the Web browser, the annotation information including position information defining a position that the annotation is to be displayed by the Web browser with the annotation being attached to the document in association with a corresponding one of the plurality of objects; and
(c) a script to be executed by the client computer for allocating the annotation to the document.
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