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Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael James Lu, Seattle, WA (US);

Allison Bhang, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew Scott Craft, Seattle, WA (US);

Andrew Olcott, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are techniques for adding adaptive annotations to an electronic content item. For example, a user may insert an annotation by hand drawing the annotation over the content of the content item, in white space around the content, or within an annotation window. The user may also anchor, associate, or link annotations to particular portion of the content item, such that when the content is displayed or rendered on a display of an electronic device, the annotation appears in-line with the content and adjacent to the associated portion.


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