COLLABORATIVE ANNOTATION OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT
First Claim
1. A method of annotating electronic content, the method comprising:
- receiving from a first viewer of electronic content an annotation that has been created by the first viewer and that is associated with the electronic content;
generating a display of the electronic content for the first viewer that includes the annotation along with the electronic content; and
based upon a review of the annotation by a party other than the first viewer, selectively enabling display of the annotation along with the electronic content to other viewers of the electronic content.
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Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method provide a collaborative annotation environment that permits viewers of electronic content to share their personal annotations with other viewers of the electronic content only after the personal annotations have been reviewed by a party other than the original authors of such annotations. In addition, a default ordering may be generated for a plurality of annotations based upon the manner in which viewers of the annotations reorder the annotations. Furthermore, annotations that are submitted for review by multiple viewers may be scheduled for review according to the relative ratings of those viewers based upon prior submissions of those viewers.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of annotating electronic content, the method comprising:
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receiving from a first viewer of electronic content an annotation that has been created by the first viewer and that is associated with the electronic content; generating a display of the electronic content for the first viewer that includes the annotation along with the electronic content; and based upon a review of the annotation by a party other than the first viewer, selectively enabling display of the annotation along with the electronic content to other viewers of the electronic content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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33. A method of displaying electronic content, the method comprising:
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for each of a plurality of viewers of electronic content, generating a display associated with such viewer that includes a plurality of annotations related to the electronic content; generating a default ordering for the plurality of annotations based at least in part upon how at least a subset of the plurality of viewers reorder the annotations in their associated displays; and generating a display associated with an additional viewer that includes the plurality of annotations ordered according to the generated default ordering. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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41. A method of reviewing annotations associated with electronic content, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of annotations relating to electronic content submitted by a plurality of viewers of the electronic content; rating viewers based upon prior annotations submitted by such viewers; and scheduling reviews of the annotations by at least one editor based upon the rating of at least one viewer. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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