The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2001
Applicants:

Gene Golovchinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Catherine Claire Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);

Morgan N. Price, Lafayette, CA (US);

William N. Schilit, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gene Golovchinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Catherine Claire Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);

Morgan N. Price, Lafayette, CA (US);

William N. Schilit, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system, apparatus, and article of manufacture for detecting a reader's interest in a particular external document through their markings and annotations, and processing the marks in various ways, is provided. By detecting anchors proximal to annotations made by a reader, a collection of the annotated anchors and the related documents may be organized and generated for a reader to process according to their desires.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…