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System for selectively routing and merging independent annotations to a document at remote locations

  • US 5,239,466 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1990
  • Issued: 08/24/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transmitting a plurality of annotations to a document, comprising the steps of:

  • in a personal communicating computer;

    A) accessing the document;

    B) when receiving a first user input comprising an annotation to the document, forming a first annotation object that comprises a representation of first annotation information and a first set of operations to carry out some actions with respect to the first annotation information, which first annotation information includes information identifying the document and which first set of operations includes instructions to provide for a combination of the annotation with the document at a location other than at the personal communicating computer;

    C) when receiving a second user input comprising another annotation to the document, forming a second annotation object that comprises a representation of second annotation information and a second set of operations to carry out some actions with respect to the second annotation information, which second annotation information includes information identifying the document and which second set of operations includes instructions to provide for a combination of the another annotation with the document at a location other than at the personal communicating computer, wherein the second annotation object comprises an object that is independent from the first annotation object;

    D) when receiving a user transmit instruction regarding at least both the first and second annotation objects, which user transmit instruction includes destination information, automatically transmitting the first and second annotation objects, but not the document, to destinations selected from any of a group of accomodatable destinations, including;

    i) a common destination;

    ii) mutually exclusive destinations;

    iii) partially common/partially mutually exclusive destinations,in accordance with the user destination information, such that a particular annotation object can be selectively transmitted to a selected destination, and subsequent to being transmitted by the personal communicating computer, the particular annotation object is combined with the document pursuant to the instructions to provide for a combination of the annotation with the document.

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