US 11,681,861 B2
Annotation control features for systems and platforms that support information analysis, editing, and storage in web browsers
Sunil Pinnamaneni, Glen Oaks, NY (US); and Rona Sfakianakis, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by Sunil Pinnamaneni, Glen Oaks, NY (US); and Rona Sfakianakis, Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/542,677.
Application 17/542,677 is a division of application No. 16/679,278, filed on Nov. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,321,515.
Prior Publication US 2022/0222417 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 40/106 (2020.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 16/483 (2019.01); G06F 16/93 (2019.01); G06F 16/81 (2019.01); G06F 16/84 (2019.01); G06F 16/58 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2022.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 40/106 (2020.01) [G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 16/483 (2019.01); G06F 16/5866 (2019.01); G06F 16/81 (2019.01); G06F 16/86 (2019.01); G06F 16/94 (2019.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); G06F 16/9577 (2019.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06Q 30/0276 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having data stored therein representing software executable by a web browser application running on at least one processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
instructions to display a plurality of displayed annotation symbols embedded within the text of a web document, wherein a displayed annotation symbol has a state selected from a group of states, wherein the group of states comprises:
closed; and
open;
wherein the displayed annotation symbol in the closed state displays the annotation symbol on the web document with minimal visual alteration of the web document, wherein the displayed annotation symbol in the open state displays screen elements comprising:
an annotation highlight of a selected piece of text from the document,
wherein the selected piece of text is representative of the annotation;
an annotation comment; and
the displayed annotation symbol specifying a selection by the creator of the annotation from a group of annotation semantic relationships,
wherein the group of annotation semantic relationships comprises:
a disagreement relationship indicating disagreement between the selected piece of text and the annotation comment; and
a question relationship indicating the annotation comment asks a question about the selected piece of text.