# US 2014/0157103 A1 · Expert based integrated annotation software interface and database using e-book technology > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0157103 A1 - Document ID: US20140157103A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/092,784 - Filed: 2013-11-27 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Inventors: Michael E. Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140157103A1 ## CPC - G06F 40/169: Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A software interface to increase the efficiency of reading, learning, and accessing information about passages in a selected electronic text document is provided. Passages are “marked” by a selected expert. Marked passages may be used as part of a touch screen menu to access specific and edited resources. The menu may present options related to the marked passages including comments, web video (edited), website (edited) or other resources for study and research purposes. Text Reduction (with) Annotation & Commentary (TRAC) provides a study/research tool that does not alter the text, allowing an e-book user to stay on one screen of an electronic reading device, and examine targeted and edited internet resources. Information generated in a structured way is saved in a database, which in turn will be capable of word and subject searches across e-book documents, or expanded searches related to critical and important materials in the TRAC document. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of electronically providing a text reduction with annotation and commentary, the method comprising: sending an annotation request to an expert, wherein the expert is a selected from a pre-defined group, and where the annotation request is a template comprising tasks for making an expert annotation; receiving the expert annotation of at least a portion of an electronic written work from the expert, the expert annotation comprising at least one marking within the written work to differentiate critical material; and displaying through a networked computing device the expert annotation to a user upon selection of the at least a portion of an electronic written work. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a relationship linkage between the electronic written work and the expert annotation in a reference database. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the marking within the written work includes one or more of targeted commentary to the portion of the written work and links to related associated materials. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an expert annotation includes automatically creating reference linkages to a research reference based on the marking in the written work. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying one or more of a library link, a discussion group, a resource link and a listing of consultants based on the selected portion of the written work. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising edited links to associated materials with edits based on at least one of time and content. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising receiving at least one of a short commentary in accordance with pre-set parameters for the portion of the written work and a long commentary in accordance with pre-set parameters for the portion of the written work. ### Claim 8 A method of creating an annotation database, the method comprising: receiving an expert annotation of a selected portion of a written work from an expert including a jargon/keyword identification, and including at least one marking; creating a work selection relationship linkage between the selected written work and the expert annotation; creating an associated material relationship linkage based on the expert annotation; matching the associated material relationship linkage with a second material relationship linkage based on the jargon/keyword identification; and displaying results of the matching of the material relationship linkages. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein displaying results of the matching of the material relationship linkages includes displaying one or more of the jargon/keyword identification, a location of the selection portion of the written work, links associated with the selection portion of the written work and comments related to the selection portion of the written work. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving approval of the expert annotation from a development team. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the links associated with the selection portion of the written work include markings from an expert related to the selected portion of the written work. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the links are edited video links, edited for one of time and related content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the links are edited website links, edited for one of time and related content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein displaying results of the matching of the material relationship linkages includes displaying targeted commentary to the selected portion of the written work. ### Claim 15 A system for a text reduction with annotation and commentary, the system comprising: a networked computing device having a processor, a memory device and a user interface, the computing being configured to run a plurality of modules; an expert annotation module configured to run on the processor and to receive an expert annotation for a portion of an electronic written work including at least one marking; an association module configured to run on the processor and associate the at least one highlight with the portion of an electronic written work and store the electronic marking in association with the portion of an electronic written work in an associated database; and a display module configured to output a display to a user computing device a report of the expert annotation in response to a user selection of a portion of an electronic written work. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the expert annotation module further includes a commentary module to receive targeted commentary from the pre-select group of experts for the portion of the electronic written work and where the display module is configured to output a display to a user computing device including the targeted commentary. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further comprising a key word module to receive key words as part of the expert annotation for the portion of the electronic written work. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, further comprising storing the key words in a relationship association with the portion of an electronic written work in the associated database. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, further comprising a search module matching the key words from the associated database with a second electronic written work based on the relationship association. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, where the display module is further configured to display search results from the search module based on the relationship association.