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Common annotation framework

  • US 7,243,301 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2002
  • Issued: 07/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system comprising:

  • a client application layer implemented in a computing device including one or more client applications;

    a storage layer including an annotation store;

    a common annotation layer, situated between the client application layer and the storage layer, including an annotation manager; and

    wherein the annotation manager operates to allow the one ore more client applications to store annotations to and retrieve annotations from the annotation store, and wherein the annotation manager further operates to create new property types for the annotations the new property types being identified by the one or more client applications and in addition to existing property types in the client application, so that each of the annotations to be stored in the annotation store can have a property value associated with each of the created new property types.

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