Patent ID: 9639545
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at an online binder service executing on a computer system, a plurality of data files of multiple formats; converting, by the online binder service, the data files to a plurality of pages of a common format; associating, by the online binder service, the plurality of pages with an online binder; receiving, at the computer system and from a user, a request to annotate a page of the plurality of pages; initiating, by the computer system, a recording session to record user input associated with annotating the page, the user input including a number of user actions involved in annotating the page; recording, by the computer system and during the recording session, the user actions involved in annotating the page in a sequence presented on a screen of a first device of the user to create a note file, the user input overlaid on a content of the page, wherein the recording includes: presenting an online collaboration service that allows, during an online session between at least the user and a second user, the user to transmit collaboration data from the first device to a second device associated with the second user in real-time, the collaboration data including (a) the page displayed on the first device and (b) the user actions of the user that are associated with annotating the page; and storing, by the computer system, the note file as a new page of the online binder, wherein when the note file is accessed, the user actions are played back in the same sequence in which they were recorded.