Online document annotation and reading system
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1. A computer-based system for allowing a first user in a community of users to read an annotated web-based document (WBD) and associated annotations, the system comprising:
- a WBD;
a plurality of annotations associated with the WBD, each annotation associated with one or more filterable fields where each filterable field may store a description related to the annotation or to a second user in the community of users who created the annotation, and where each annotation may be associated with an area of the WBD; and
a filter controlled by the first user, where the filter selects one or more annotations from the plurality of annotations based on the instructions of the first user and the information in the filterable fields.
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Abstract
An online system provides users with tools to annotate publications and share such annotations with other users. Publications annotated by a community of users become a richer source of information for the community.
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1. A computer-based system for allowing a first user in a community of users to read an annotated web-based document (WBD) and associated annotations, the system comprising:
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a WBD; a plurality of annotations associated with the WBD, each annotation associated with one or more filterable fields where each filterable field may store a description related to the annotation or to a second user in the community of users who created the annotation, and where each annotation may be associated with an area of the WBD; and a filter controlled by the first user, where the filter selects one or more annotations from the plurality of annotations based on the instructions of the first user and the information in the filterable fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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