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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:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Jeff D Sandquist, Fall City, WA (US);
Grace G Francisco, San Carlos, CA (US);
David D Shadle, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sanjay Parthasarathy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeff D Sandquist, Fall City, WA (US);
Grace G Francisco, San Carlos, CA (US);
David D Shadle, Sammamish, WA (US);
Sanjay Parthasarathy, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to annotating and sharing content. In aspects, an annotation tool presents a user interface that allows a user to enter and view annotations associated with content such as a video. The annotation tool allows the user to associate each annotation with a particular time segment of the video such that when that time segment is played in a video player, its associated annotation is presented. The annotation tool also presents a user interface that allows the user to share the video as annotated with other users as desired. Other users receiving the annotated video may further annotate the video and share it with others.