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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Christopher Chinwen Yu, Irvine, CA (US);

Makoto Fukuda, Kawasaki, JP;

Sander Martijn Viegers, Seattle, WA (US);

Tsutomu Yanagida, Kawasaki, JP;

Kevin Michael Morrill, Kirkland, WA (US);

Sean Erik Mcateer, Seattle, WA (US);

Marina Dukhon, Kirkland, WA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Chinwen Yu, Irvine, CA (US);

Makoto Fukuda, Kawasaki, JP;

Sander Martijn Viegers, Seattle, WA (US);

Tsutomu Yanagida, Kawasaki, JP;

Kevin Michael Morrill, Kirkland, WA (US);

Sean Erik McAteer, Seattle, WA (US);

Marina Dukhon, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Technologies are described herein for providing an improved interface for interacting with a document within a private computer network. A flag interface, a tag interface, and a comment interface are provided within a document viewer. The flag interface enables a user of the private computer network to flag a document as the document is displayed by the document viewer. The tag interface enables the user to associate a tag with the document as the document is displayed by the document viewer. The comment interface enables the user to share comments about the document with other users of the private computer network as the document is displayed by the document viewer.


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