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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Susan D. Woolf, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Baird, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jiang Sheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
John L. Beezer, Redmond, WA (US);
Darryl E. Rubin, Redmond, WA (US);
Susan D. Woolf, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Baird, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jiang Sheng, Bellevue, WA (US);
John L. Beezer, Redmond, WA (US);
Darryl E. Rubin, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for annotating an electronic document independently of its content is provided. According to one variation, a tablet and stylus-based computer is programmed with a document browser that permits a user to annotate documents viewed through the browser. The annotations are stored separately from the viewed document pages but are correlated with the pages such that when a previously annotated page is revisited, annotations relating to that page are retrieved and displayed on top of the page as an 'ink' layer. Three different annotation modes are possible: ink, highlight, and erase. Each mode can be selected through a user interface supplied through the browser or through controls embedded in a document.