ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT ANNOTATION

• US 20120278695A1
• Filed: 08/05/2010
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HCL Technologies Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ju, Lin, O'Sullivan, Patrick J., Raguillat, Fred
• Granted Patent: US 9,760,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

Annotating a document in a data processing system, wherein the document includes a first content section and a data structure, can include receiving a request to annotate the document, wherein the request comprises an annotation, and an identification of the document to annotate, and creating a second content section comprising the annotation. The data structure can be updated with a reference to the second content section thereby making the second content section available as an annotation in association with the document.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A method, comprising:

receiving, within a data processing system, a request to annotate a document, wherein the request comprises an annotation, and an identification of a document to annotate;

responsive to receiving the request, analysing the request to identify the annotation, and the document to which the annotation is related, wherein the document comprises a first content section and a data structure;

responsive to identifying the annotation, creating a second content section comprising the annotation; and

responsive to identifying the document using the identification, updating the data structure with a reference to the second content section thereby making the second content section available in association with the document.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising displaying the document and the second content section.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the document is an email document.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the document is an instant message.

22. The method of claim 18, further comprising sending the document.

23. The method of claim 18, further comprising sending the request.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising receiving the document.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein the request is an asynchronous request.

26. A system comprising:

a data processing system configured to initiate executable operations comprising;

receiving a request to annotate a document, wherein the request comprises an annotation, and an identification of a document to annotate;

responsive to receiving the request, analysing the request to identify the annotation, and the document to which the annotation is related, wherein the document comprises a first content section and a data structure;

responsive to identifying the annotation, creating a second content section comprising the annotation; and

responsive to identifying the document using the identification, updating the data structure with a reference to the second content section thereby making the second content section available in association with the document.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the data processing system is further configured to initiate an executable operation comprising displaying the document and the second content section.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein the document is an email document.

29. The system of claim 26, wherein the document is an instant message.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the data processing system is further configured to initiate an executable operation comprising sending the document.

31. The system of claim 26, wherein the data processing system is further configured to initiate an executable operation comprising sending the request.

32. The system of claim 26, wherein the data processing system is further configured to initiate an executable operation comprising receiving the document.

33. The system of claim 26, wherein the request is an asynchronous request.

34. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith that, when executed, configures a processor to perform executable operations comprising;

receiving a request to annotate a document, wherein the request comprises an annotation, and an identification of a document to annotate;

responsive to receiving the request, analysing the request to identify the annotation, and the document to which the annotation is related, wherein the document comprises a first content section and a data structure;

responsive to identifying the annotation, creating a second content section comprising the annotation; and

responsive to identifying the document using the identification, updating the data structure with a reference to the second content section thereby making the second content section available in association with the document.

35. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein computer readable storage medium further comprises computer readable program code embodied therewith that, when executed configures a processor to perform an executable operation comprising displaying the document and the second content section.

36. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the document is an email document.

37. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the document is an instant message.

38. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein computer readable storage medium further comprises computer readable program code embodied therewith that, when executed configures a processor to perform an executable operation comprising sending the document.

39. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein computer readable storage medium further comprises computer readable program code embodied therewith that, when executed configures a processor to perform an executable operation comprising sending the request.

40. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein computer readable storage medium further comprises computer readable program code embodied therewith that, when executed configures a processor to perform an executable operation comprising receiving the document.

41. The computer program product of claim 34, wherein the request is an asynchronous request.