Method and System for Accessing Selected Content
OwnerSairam Bantupalli, Anish Chandran +3inventors
InventorsSairam Bantupalli, Anish Chandran, Ranjith R1, Darpan Saini, Neeraj S. Sharma
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Abstract
A system, method and computer product for accessing content by receiving as input an anchor, where the anchor is associated with selected content within an existing document, the document for example being an existing web page, and upon selecting the anchor, displaying the selected content to the user. Also disclosed is a system, method and computer product for identifying content, creating an anchor for the selected content and transmitting the selected content to one or more users over a communication link.
Claims20
A method in a data processing systems for sharing content, the method comprising:
- receiving as input an anchor, the anchor associating selected content within an existing document;
- selecting the received anchor by a user;
- and
- displaying the selected content to the user in response to selecting the anchor.
A method in a data processing system for creating shared content, the method comprising:
- identifying specified content within an existing document;
- creating an anchor for the specified content;
- and
- sending the anchor to a designated set of recipients.
A data processing system for sharing content, the data processing system comprising a processing unit comprising:
- receiving means for receiving as input an anchor over a communication network,
- the anchor associating selected content within an existing document;
- selecting means for selecting the anchor by a user;
- and
- displaying means for displaying the selected content to the user in response to selecting the anchor.
A data processing system for creating shared content, the data processing system comprising:
- means for identifying specified content within an existing document;
- means for creating an anchor for the specified content, wherein the specified content comprises a different visual appearance from unspecified content of the existing document;
- and
- means for sending the anchor to a designated set of recipients.
A method in a data processing system for sharing content from an existing web page, the method comprising:
- connecting a computing device to a service provider hosting the existing web page;
- running a browser on the computing device;
- accessing the web page using the browser on the computing device;
- identifying selected content within the web page;
- creating an anchor for the selected content;
- and
- sending the anchor to a designated set of recipients over a communication link.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for sharing content from a web page, said computer program product including:
- computer usable program code for receiving as input an anchor, the anchor associating selected content within an existing document;
- computer usable program code for selecting the anchor by a user;
- and
- computer usable program code for displaying the selected content to the user in response to selecting the anchor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.