Content commenting and monetization
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1. A method for collecting and displaying comments associated with content, comprising the following steps, not necessarily in the following order:
- receiving a selection of a portion of the content using a comment tool having a selection mechanism and a comment input mechanism;
receiving a comment associated with the selected portion of the content;
assigning a unique identifier to the received comment;
storing the unique identifier in association with the content;
performing a keyword analysis of the content, and/or the selected portion of the content, and/or a comment; and
delivering the content in a subsequent online session and including the comment and additional content for display proximate to the selected portion of the content.
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Abstract
A code is included in content, which code allows a user to use a comment tool to select some or all of the content, to create and submit comments, and to view previously submitted content selections and comments in conjunction with additional content. The additional content may comprise advertisements.
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1. A method for collecting and displaying comments associated with content, comprising the following steps, not necessarily in the following order:
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receiving a selection of a portion of the content using a comment tool having a selection mechanism and a comment input mechanism; receiving a comment associated with the selected portion of the content; assigning a unique identifier to the received comment; storing the unique identifier in association with the content; performing a keyword analysis of the content, and/or the selected portion of the content, and/or a comment; and delivering the content in a subsequent online session and including the comment and additional content for display proximate to the selected portion of the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system to collect and display comments associated with content, the system comprising:
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a first data structure in which to store comments and user content selections; a comment engine configured to receive a content selection and a comment related to the content selection, the content selection being a portion of a website, and configured to display at least one previously entered comment and additional content in association with the content with which the at least one previously entered comment is associated; at least one computer processor suitable to execute instructions; a first communication system that provides communication between the first data structure and the at least one computer processor; and a second communication system which provides communication between the computer system and at least one remote computing system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable components for collecting and displaying comments associated with content, the components comprising:
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a comment database including storage for comments and unique identifiers for each of the comments; a comment engine configured to receive an indication of a selected portion of content, the content comprising a Web page, the comment engine being further configured to received a user-provided comment, the comment engine being still further configured to store the user-provided comment in the comment database in association with a unique identifier for the user-provided comment, the comment engine being yet still further configured to retrieve the user-provided comment in response to a request to render the content on a subsequent occasion and to include the user-provided comment with the content on the subsequent occasion; and an additional content component to provide additional content associated with the user-provided comment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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