Process For Referencing, Prioritizing, Accessing, And Displaying Marginalia in Digital Media
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1. A system for providing information via a communication network, comprising:
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a storage accessible by the server, including;
a plurality of user data, wherein each user data corresponds to a user of the system; and
at least one comment data comprising a comment created by a user of the system;
at least one user interface in communication with the server, each user interface including;
a web browser for accessing webpages via the communication network;
wherein;
at least one user of the system enters at least one comment corresponding to at least one selected portion of a webpage through at least one user interface, said at least one comment is then processed by the server and stored in the storage as comment data;
comment data stored by the storage is transmitted by the server via the communication network to at least one user interface such that at least one comment is displayed on at least one user interface in an area of a web browser proximate to the selected portion of the webpage to which said comment corresponds when the webpage is loaded by the web browser; and
at least one user of the system provides at least one comment rating corresponding to at least one comment displayed on a user interface and said at least one comment rating is processed by the server and stored in the storage as comment data.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing information over a communication network among a group of computer users. Computer users are able to provide information that relates to information downloaded from the communication network. User-provided information is displayed adjacent to the relevant information from the communication network and is viewable by other computer users utilizing the system.
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1. A system for providing information via a communication network, comprising:
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a server;
a storage accessible by the server, including;
a plurality of user data, wherein each user data corresponds to a user of the system; and
at least one comment data comprising a comment created by a user of the system;
at least one user interface in communication with the server, each user interface including;
a web browser for accessing webpages via the communication network;
wherein;
at least one user of the system enters at least one comment corresponding to at least one selected portion of a webpage through at least one user interface, said at least one comment is then processed by the server and stored in the storage as comment data;
comment data stored by the storage is transmitted by the server via the communication network to at least one user interface such that at least one comment is displayed on at least one user interface in an area of a web browser proximate to the selected portion of the webpage to which said comment corresponds when the webpage is loaded by the web browser; and
at least one user of the system provides at least one comment rating corresponding to at least one comment displayed on a user interface and said at least one comment rating is processed by the server and stored in the storage as comment data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing information via a communication network, comprising:
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a server;
a storage accessible by the server, including;
a plurality of user data, wherein each user data corresponds to a user of the system; and
at least one comment data comprising a comment created by a user of the system;
at least one user interface in communication with the server, each user interface including;
a web browser for accessing webpages via the communication network;
wherein;
at least one user of the system enters at least one comment corresponding to at least one selected portion of a webpage through at least one user interface, said at least one comment is then processed by the server and stored in the storage as comment data;
comment data stored by the storage is transmitted by the server via the communication network to at least one user interface such that at least one comment is displayed on at least one user interface in an area of a web browser proximate to the selected portion of the webpage to which said comment corresponds when the webpage is loaded by the web browser;
the server utilizes the user data to organize the users of the system into at least one group; and
at least one user of the system belonging to a group receives sorted comment data from the server, wherein said sorted comment data comprises only comment data created by at least one other user of the system belonging to a group. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for providing information via a communication network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one user data corresponding to at least one computer user via a communication network;
receiving at least one comment created by at least one computer user from at least one user interface via the communication network, wherein said comment corresponds to a selected portion of a webpage;
storing said at least one comment as comment data in a storage;
transmitting comment data to at least one user interface for display on said at least one user interface in an area of a web browser proximate to the selected portion of the webpage to which said comment corresponds when the webpage is loaded by a web browser;
receiving at least one comment rating from at least one computer user; and
storing said at least one comment rating as comment data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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