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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Morgan N. Price, Lafayette, CA (US);
Gene Golovchinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine C. Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);
William N. Schilit, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patrick Chiu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kei Tanaka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Morgan N. Price, Lafayette, CA (US);
Gene Golovchinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Catherine C. Marshall, San Francisco, CA (US);
William N. Schilit, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patrick Chiu, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kei Tanaka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The technique for selecting at least a part of object on an electronic media includes, providing annotations on the object, grouping the annotation on the object, and selecting one or both of the object and the annotations based on the grouping of the annotations on the object. The techniques also provide the system that selects a part of object on a media, that includes an annotation grouping circuit that provides annotations on the object and groups the annotations on the object, and an object selection circuit that selects at least one of the object and the annotations based on the grouping of the annotation on the object.