Method, system, and computer-readable medium to uniformly render document annotations across multiple computer platforms
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of uniformly rendering electronic annotations of a document file across differing computer platforms, said method comprising:
- producing an annotation for a document file,generating an image of the annotation,storing in a memory the document file and associated image of said annotation, andaccessing the memory to obtain the document file and associated annotation image in order to render an image representation of the document file overlaid with said annotation image.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium to uniformly display electronic annotations of a document across differing computer platforms of an imaging system where documents are stored as images on an image file server. An exemplary method comprises a user producing a textual representation of a document annotation, generating an image and associated attributes (e.g., size, location, color, etc.) of the annotation, storing the annotation image in a record of an annotation file, and accessing the annotation file record to retrieve the annotation image in a standard universal format whereby to render a combined image representation of the document overlaid with the annotation image according to the attributes. Standard formats include jpeg, gif, tiff, or Windows metafile. Instead of storing the annotation image in the record, a pointer may be stored in the record to enable retrieval of the annotation image from another memory location.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of uniformly rendering electronic annotations of a document file across differing computer platforms, said method comprising:
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producing an annotation for a document file, generating an image of the annotation, storing in a memory the document file and associated image of said annotation, and accessing the memory to obtain the document file and associated annotation image in order to render an image representation of the document file overlaid with said annotation image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method of uniformly rendering annotations for a document stored in memory across differently configured computer systems, said method comprising:
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producing an annotation for said document; generating attributes for said annotation; using a standard image format, generating an annotation image of the annotation produced in the producing step; storing the annotation image and attributes in an annotation file; and accessing the document and annotation file in order to retrieve and render on a display device a combined visual representation of the document and annotation image according to said attributes. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented document management system that provides uniform rendering of a document file and an associated annotation thereof across different computer platforms, said system comprising:
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a processor to enable a user to obtain a document file, to generate an annotation associated with the document file, and to generate an annotation image indicative of a visual appearance of said annotation; a memory to store the document file and associated annotation image generated by said processor; and a rendering device that accesses said memory to obtain the document file and associated annotation image in order to uniformly render said document file overlaid with said annotation image. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A system to uniformly render a visual representation of a document and an associated annotation thereof across differently configured data processing devices, said system comprising:
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a processor that enables a user to produce an annotation, associated attributes thereof, and an annotation image that visually depicts said annotation; a memory to store said document, annotation image, and associated attributes; and a rendering device that accesses the memory to obtain and uniformly render the document and associated annotation image on a graphical user interface according to said attributes. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable medium to store executable program instructions to effect operation of a computer-implemented imaging system to enable a user to produce an annotation for a document file stored in memory;
- to generate an image and associated attributes of the annotation produced by said user;
to store the image and associated attributes in memory; and
in response to a request by a user, to access the memory to obtain the document file and associated annotation image in order to render a combined visual representation of the document file and annotation image according to said attributes. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- to generate an image and associated attributes of the annotation produced by said user;
Specification