# US 2018/0024976 A1 · Annotation providing method and device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024976 A1 - Document ID: US20180024976A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/541,212 - Filed: 2015-10-19 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-02 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ga-hyun JOO; Sunah KIM; Jin-young LEE; Ji-su JUNG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024976A1 ## CPC - G06F 40/169: Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0483: Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 16/5866: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information} - G06F 16/958: Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Provided is a device including a user input unit that receives a user input for inputting a search keyword, a display unit that displays a list of annotations associated with the search keyword from among at least one annotation set to at least one content, a control unit that controls the unit input unit and the display unit, wherein the user input unit receives a user input for selecting at least one in the list of annotations, and the display unit displays content for which the selected annotation is set from among the at least one content. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device comprising: a user input unit configured to receive a user input for inputting a search keyword; a display unit configured to display a list of annotations associated with the search keyword from among at least one annotation set with respect to at least one content; and a control unit configured to control the unit input unit and the display unit, wherein the user input unit is further configured to receive a user input for selecting at least one in the list of annotations, and the display unit is further configured to display content for which the selected annotation is set from among the at least one content. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to display information regarding first content different from the at least one content, and the user input unit is further configured to input at least one from the information in the first content as a search keyword. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one annotation input to the at least one content is at least one of an annotation stored in a cloud server in correspondence to an identification (ID) of the user and an annotation that is shared with the user in correspondence to the ID of the user and stored in the cloud server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein the device is further configured to request the cloud server for an annotation associated with the search keyword, the device further comprises a communication unit configured to receive the list of annotations associated with the search keyword from among at least one at least one input in correspondence to the at least one content from the cloud server, and the display unit is further configured to display the received list of annotations. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the list of annotations associated with the search keyword comprises storage location information regarding the annotation, the control unit is further configured to obtain content in which the selected annotation is located, based on storage location information regarding the annotation; and the display unit is further configured to display information regarding a location of the annotation from information in the content. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the display unit is further configured to display a search window, and the user input unit is further configured to input the search keyword in the search window. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the first content comprises a plurality of objects, and the user input unit is further configured to receive a user input for setting at least one of the plurality of objects as the search keyword. ### Claim 8 A method of providing annotation, the method comprising: receiving a user input for inputting a search keyword; displaying a list of annotations related to the search keyword from among at least one annotation stored in correspondence to at least one content; receiving a user input for selecting one in the list of annotations; and displaying information including the selected annotation from information in the at least one content. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving of the user input for inputting the search keyword comprises: displaying information in first content different from the at least one content; and receiving at least one of information in the first content as the search keyword. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein at least one annotation input to the at least one content is at least one of an annotation stored in a cloud server in correspondence to an ID of the user and an annotation that is shared with the user in correspondence to the ID of the user and stored in the cloud server. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the list of the annotations related to the search keyword from among the at least one annotation stored in correspondence to the at least one content comprises: requesting an annotation associated with the search keyword to the cloud server; receiving the list of annotations associated with the search keyword from among at least one at least one input in correspondence to the at least one content from the cloud server; and displaying the received list of annotations. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the list of annotations associated with the search keyword comprises information regarding locations at which the annotations are stored, and the displaying of the information in which the selected annotation is located from the information in the at least one content comprises: obtaining content in which the selected annotation is located based on the information regarding locations where the annotations are stored; and displaying information including the selected annotation from information in the content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving of the user input for inputting the search keyword comprises: displaying a search window for searching for an annotation; and receiving a user input for inputting the search keyword in the search window. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first content comprises a plurality of objects, and, in the receiving of the user input for inputting the search keyword, at least one of the plurality of objects is set as the search keyword.