Decentralised web annotation
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1. A method performed by a client device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at one or more processors of the client device and based on a search request, a plurality of annotations that link to a website, each annotation of the plurality of annotations being a portion of a post that links to the website;
displaying the plurality of annotations while the client device is visiting the website;
calculating, by one or more processors of the client device, a rating for the website based on one or more characteristics relating to the plurality of annotations, the one or more characteristics including a quantity of annotations received in a particular period of time; and
displaying an icon that reflects the calculated rating.
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Abstract
Annotations relating to web sites may be based on blog posts relating to the web sites. A user viewing a web site may concurrently view related blog posts about the web site. More particularly, in one implementation, a method includes detecting when a user visits a web page and receiving, in response to the detection, a group of blog posts that link to the web page. The method further includes displaying an indication of the group of blog posts to the user while the user is visiting the web site.
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1. A method performed by a client device, the method comprising:
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receiving, at one or more processors of the client device and based on a search request, a plurality of annotations that link to a website, each annotation of the plurality of annotations being a portion of a post that links to the website; displaying the plurality of annotations while the client device is visiting the website; calculating, by one or more processors of the client device, a rating for the website based on one or more characteristics relating to the plurality of annotations, the one or more characteristics including a quantity of annotations received in a particular period of time; and displaying an icon that reflects the calculated rating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
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5. The method of 1, where the rating is based on a quantity of annotations received since the client device last visited the website.
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; present a browser window that displays a website; present a window that displays a plurality of annotations that link to the website, each annotation of the plurality of annotations being a portion of a post that links to the website, the plurality of annotations being presented based on a search request; and present an icon, that is part of the browser window, that displays a rating associated with the website, the rating being based on one or more characteristics of the plurality of annotations, the one or more characteristics including a quantity of annotations received in a particular period of time. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A client device comprising:
one or more processors to; receive, based on a search request, a plurality of annotations that link to a website, each annotation of the plurality of annotations being a portion of a post that links to the website; display the plurality of annotations while the client device is visiting the website; calculate a rating for the website based on one or more characteristics relating to the plurality of annotations, the one or more characteristics including a quantity of the plurality of annotations received in a particular period of time; and display an icon that reflects the calculated rating. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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