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Systems and methods for collaboratively annotating electronic documents

  • US 7,779,347 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2006
  • Issued: 08/17/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for sharing electronic annotations, the method comprising:

  • displaying an electronic document to each of a plurality of users;

    allowing one or more of the plurality of users to annotate one or more portions of the electronic document and make the annotations available to a server;

    calculating at the server the number of annotations associated with portions of the electronic document;

    determining at the server which portions of the electronic document are more frequently annotated by the plurality of users as compared to other portions of the electronic document; and

    displaying one or more indications within the electronic document of which portions are more frequently annotated by the plurality of users, wherein the one or more indications are distinct from the annotations.

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