SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LINKED NOTE-TAKING

• US 20140123002A1
• Filed: 10/30/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Wessling, Cynthia D., Mathew, Abraham, Godiyal, Apeksha, Bilal, Mustafa, Duze, Charles, Krantz, James M., Underhill, Thomas C., Lewis, Cassandra, Nedzlek, Chad
• Granted Patent: US 10,176,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A method for providing linked note-taking includes receiving a notification from an online presentation service presenting a document that a note file relating to the document has been created in a client application, requesting at least a portion of the document and document information from the online presentation service, receiving, from the online presentation service, the at least a portion of the document and document information retrieved from a client application where the document resides, receiving a note within the note file and associating the note with at least a portion of the document and document information without locally opening the document in the client application.

Claims

1. A method for providing linked note-taking comprising:

receiving a notification from an online presentation service presenting a document that a note file relating to the document has been created in a client application;

requesting the note file and at least a portion of the document and document information from the online presentation service;

receiving, from the online presentation service, the note file, at least a portion of the document, and document information retrieved from a client application where the document resides;

receiving a note within the note file relating to the received portion of the presented document within the note file without locally opening the document in the client application; and

storing, with the note, the at least a portion of the document and document information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to sending the notification, recognizing that the document is being presented via the online presentation service.

3. The method of claim 2, further including displaying the at least a portion of the document and document information when the note is accessed in the note-taking application.

4. The method of claim 3, further including:

displaying the at least a portion of the document as a thumbnail.

5. The method of claim 1, further including:

periodically or dynamically requesting and receiving updated document information from the online presentation service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein storing, with the note, the at least a portion of the document and document information provides context and location information for the at least a portion of the document when the note is accessed at a later time.

7. The method of claim 6, further including.

providing a location marker within the note indicating that the note is associated with the at least a portion of the document

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the note-taking application comprises one of:

a rich client note-taking application and a web-based note-taking application.

9. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide linked note-taking, the computer-readable medium including instructions executable by the processor for:

retrieving a document and associated document information from a client application;

presenting the document in the online presentation service;

providing an entry point to a note-taking application in communication with the online presentation service;

receiving a request from the note-taking application for at least a portion of the presented document and document information, wherein the note-taking application is not in communication with the client application where the document resides; and

sending the at least a portion of the document and document to the note-taking application such that, when the input note is accessed in the note-taking application, the at least a portion of the document and the document information are displayed in the note-taking application without locally opening the document in the client application.

10. The system of claim 9, further including:

prior to retrieving the document and document information, receiving a document presentation selection, the document presentation selection being a request to view a document created in a client application in an online presentation service.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the providing an entry point to a note-taking application includes:

providing a note file information interface configured to display one or more note files associated with the presented document.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein a note file associated with the presented document is configured to provide a note-taking application entry point.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein sending the at least a portion of the document and document information to the note-taking application provides context and location information for the at least a portion of the document when the note is accessed at a later time.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the requested at least a portion of the document is sent to the note-taking application as a thumbnail.

15. The system of claim 9, further including:

periodically or dynamically requesting updated document information from the client application.

16. The system of claim 15, further including:

sending the updated document information to the note-taking application.

17. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide linked note-taking, the computer-readable medium including instructions executable by the processor for:

recognizing that a document is being presented via an online presentation service;

receiving a notification from an online presentation service presenting a document that a note file relating to the document has been created in a client application;

requesting the note file and at least a portion of the document and document information from the online presentation service;

receiving, from the online presentation service, the note file and a thumbnail version of at least a portion of the document and document information retrieved from a client application where the document resides;

receiving, within the note file, a note relating to the received portion of the presented document without locally opening the document in the client application; and

storing, with the note, the at least a portion of the document and document information, further including, storing the thumbnail version of the at least a portion of the document and document information, wherein, when the note is accessed in the note-taking application the thumbnail version of the at least a portion of the document and document information display.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further including:

periodically or dynamically requesting and receiving updated document information from the online presentation service.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein storing, with the note, the at least a portion of the document and document information provides context and location information for the at least a portion of the document when the note is accessed at a later time.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, further including providing a location marker within the note indicating that the note is associated with the at least a portion of the document.