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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jonathan Edgar Fay, Woodinville, WA (US);
Joshua Allen Cowhig, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Lee Mullins, Sammamish, WA (US);
Robert Earl Standefer, III, Duvall, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A facility for annotating portions of a document shown in a visual representation of the document with annotations reflecting aggregated document activities performed with respect to the portions is described. The facility specifies a visual representation of at least part of the document. For each of at least two portions of the document that are not identical and that are represented in the specified visual representation, the facility attaches to locations in the document's visual representation corresponding to the portion a visual annotation reflecting an aggregation operation against document activities performed with respect to the portion.