Method and Apparatus for Creating, Configuring and Displaying a Widget to Display User-Generated Highlights
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- presenting a user interface object for display on a web page, and having associated code that queries a highlighting service for user-generated highlights, wherein the user interface object is configured to display the user-generated highlights within the web page.
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Abstract
A method and system for enabling the display of portions of internet documents that have been highlighted by users of a highlighting service are disclosed. Accordingly, a highlighting service includes a web portal with a web page providing users with a snippet of code, which, when inserted into an internet document, causes the internet document to display highlights from the highlighting service. The snippet of code can be configured to query the highlighting service for highlights that were made by certain users, or, highlights made on documents from certain domains, and so forth. The code associated with the user interface object displaying the highlights can e configured to periodically query the highlighting service to retrieve up-to-date highlights, thereby dynamically changing the highlights appearing on a web page or internet document.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
presenting a user interface object for display on a web page, and having associated code that queries a highlighting service for user-generated highlights, wherein the user interface object is configured to display the user-generated highlights within the web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
presenting a first web site for configuring a user interface object to be displayed on a web page of a second web site, the user interface object i) having associated code that queries a highlighting service for user-generated highlights, and ii) being configured to display the user-generated highlights within the second web page. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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enabling a user to generate a highlight by selectively highlighting a portion of a first web page; and
automatically causing the highlight to be displayed in a second web page. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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