Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
55 words
A system for viewing a document having a comment
data area comprising: a browser for reading document data and displaying
said document data; annotation means for reading additional data in
said comment data area associated with said document
data; and annotation display means for displaying the additional
data with corresponding pages of said
document data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1, further comprising annotation
creation means for creating additional
data associated with said document data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said additional
data includes a name, a location in said document
data, and text.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said annotation
display means displays said additional data as
an icon at a specified location relative to display
of said document data; and wherein said
system further comprises annotation enlargement
means for displaying said additional data as
text when said icon is selected by a user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said additional
data includes a hyperlink to a second location
in said document data; said system further comprising
moving means for moving to said second
location so as to display said document data at
said second location.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 1, further comprising: annotation storage means for storing said additional
data in said comment data area associated
with said document data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said document is
in a PostScript format and wherein said comment
data area is a comment field of said document.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
51 words
A method for viewing a document comprising the
steps of: reading document data of said document; displaying portions of said document data; creating additional data associated with a location
in said document data based upon a user
input; and storing said additional data in a comment data
area of said document.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 8, further comprising the
step of reading said additional data in the comment
data area of said document.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 9, further comprising the
step of displaying said additional data at said
location associated with said document data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 10, wherein said additional
data is displayed as an icon; the method further comprising the step of displaying
said additional data as text when said
icon is selected by a user.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 8, wherein said additional
data includes a second location associated with
said document data; the method further comprising the step displaying
a portion of said document data associated
with said second location when said associated
data is selected by said user.