Web content annotation management web browser plug-in
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTASSANEE K. SUPAKKUL, JANKI Y. VORA
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Abstract
Annotation data can be captured for at least one user-created content annotation regarding Web content presented within a Web browser by a content annotation plug-in. The content annotation plug-in can be an auxiliary software component of the Web browser. The annotation data for the at least one user-created content annotation can be stored in a data store. The data store can be a component of a computing device currently running the Web browser or a content annotation server remotely located to the computing device. A viewable aggregate of the Web content and the annotation data can be provided to at least one user-specified recipient.
Claims20
A method for sharing annotations for Web content comprising:
- capturing annotation data for at least one user-created content annotation regarding Web content presented within a Web browser by a content annotation plug-in, wherein the content annotation plug-in is an auxiliary software component of said Web browser;
- storing the annotation data for the at least one user-created content annotation in a data store, wherein said data store is a component of one of a computing device currently running the Web browser and a content annotation server remotely located to the computing device;
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- providing a viewable aggregate of the Web content and the annotation data to at least one user-specified recipient.
A system for capturing Web content annotations in a Web browser comprising:
- a Web browser stored in a tangible storage medium operable to, when executed upon hardware, present requested Web content;
- a tangible storage medium comprising a plurality of annotation data defining the content annotations;
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- a content annotation plug-in stored in a tangible storage medium operable to, when executed upon hardware allow creation and presentation of content annotations associated the requested Web content within the Web browser, wherein said content annotation plug-in is an auxiliary component of the Web browser.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code being stored on a tangible storage medium, when executed by a processor being operable to capture annotation data for at least one user-created content annotation regarding Web content presented within a Web browser by a content annotation plug-in, wherein the content annotation plug-in is an auxiliary software component of said Web browser;
- computer usable program code being stored on a tangible storage medium, when executed by a processor being operable to store the annotation data for the at least one user-created content annotation in a data store, wherein said data store is a component of one of a computing device currently running the Web browser and a content annotation server remotely located to the computing device;
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- computer usable program code being stored on a tangible storage medium, when executed by a processor being operable to provide a viewable aggregate of the Web content and the annotation data to at least one user-specified recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.