Methods and systems for managing annotations within applications and websites

A method for managing one or more annotations for a host application by an annotation tool, the annotation tool is pre-integrated with the host application, wherein the host application having one or more pages, each page having a page identifier, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the annotation tool, the one or more annotations created by a user, corresponding to a first page of the host application, the user having a user identifier;
• identifying, by the annotation tool, a page identifier of the first page where the one or more annotations are created by the user;
• associating, by the annotation tool, the one or more annotations with the page identifier and the user identifier;
• storing, by the annotation tool, the one or more annotations along with the page identifier and the user identifier, for further retrieval;
• receiving an input from the user specifying one or more other pages the one or more annotations corresponding to the first page are to be pinned to;
• and
• pinning the one or more annotations to the specified one or more other pages.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, provides an annotation tool on a computer for managing one or more annotations related to a host application at a back-end, the host application having one or more pages, each page having a page identifier, the annotation tool is integrated with the host application and is configured to perform operations comprising:

• receiving one or more annotations created by a user corresponding to a first page of the host application, wherein the user having a user identifier;
• identifying a page identifier of the first page where the one or more annotations are created by the user;
• associating the one or more annotations with the page identifier and the user identifier;
• storing the one or more annotations along with the page identifier and the user identifier for further retrieval;
• receiving an input from the user specifying one or more other pages the one or more annotations corresponding to the first page are to be pinned to;
• and
• pinning the one or more annotations to the specified one or more other pages.

A system comprising:

• a host application having a pre-integrated annotation tool,
• wherein the annotation tool implements a user interface for enabling a user to manage one or more annotations related to the host application and is configured for:
• creating one or more annotations corresponding to a first page based on inputs received from the user, wherein the one or more annotations are specific to the user;
• automatically storing the one or more annotations within the host application for further retrieval;
• accessing the stored one or more annotations corresponding to the first page, each time the first page of the host application is accessed by the user, wherein the one or more annotations are accessible using a user device capable of accessing the host application;
• and
• displaying the one or more annotations corresponding to the first page to the user, each time the first page of the host application is accessed by the user;
• receiving an input from the user specifying one or more other pages the one or more annotations corresponding to the first page are to be pinned to,
• wherein the annotation tool implements a back-end interface for processing the one or more annotations related to the host application and is configured for:
• identifying a page identifier of the page where the one or more annotations are created by the user, wherein the user has a user identifier;
• associating the one or more annotations with the page identifier and the user identifier;
• and
• storing the one or more annotations along with the page identifier, for retrieval by the user, each time the first page of host application is accessed by the user using a user device;
• and
• pinning the one or more annotations to the specified one or more other pages based on the input from the user specifying one or more other pages the one or more annotations corresponding to the first page are to be pinned to;
• and
• a server coupled to the host application over a network, the server configured for:
• communicating with the annotation tool for processing the one or more annotations corresponding to the page;
• and
• storing the host application along with the one or more annotations.