Patent ID: 11934770
Assignee: D2L CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. An annotation system comprising:
at least one remote processor; and
at least one client processor in data communication with the at least one remote processor, the at least one client processor adapted to:
i. send a first request for an electronic file to the remote processor,
ii. receive the electronic file from the remote processor,
iii. define at least one new annotation about the electronic file, and
iv. define at least one anchor associated with the at least one annotation, the at least one anchor being indicative of the location of the at least one annotation, wherein the at least one anchor is associated with a predetermined region corresponding to a control object such that the at least one new annotation can be made available on each web page within the predetermined region corresponding to the control object without any user involvement;

wherein at least one of the remote processor and the client processor is adapted to store the at least one annotation and the at least one anchor associated therewith in an annotation file that is separate from the electronic file.