Patent ID: 8443280
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for sequentially annotating a document, comprising: linking a first annotation to the document, the first annotation being defined by a first primary graphic and is a part of a user-defined annotation sequence, a position within the annotation sequence being based upon a value of a first sequence identifier independent of the first primary graphic and associated with the first annotation; assigning a first value to the first sequence identifier; displaying the first primary graphic and the first sequence identifier on a workspace window; incrementing the first value to a second value; linking a second annotation to the document, the second annotation being defined by a second primary graphic identical to the first primary graphic, the second annotation being a part of the annotation sequence with another position within the annotation sequence being based upon a value of a second sequence identifier independent of the second primary graphic and associated with the second annotation; assigning the second value to the second sequence identifier; displaying the second primary graphic and the second sequence identifier on the workspace window; linking a third annotation to the document, the third annotation being defined by a third primary graphic, the third annotation being a part of the annotation sequence with another position within the annotation sequence being based upon a value of a third sequence identifier independent of the third primary graphic and associated with the third annotation; assigning a third value to the third sequence identifier; displaying the third primary graphic and the third sequence identifier on the workspace window; displaying on a toolbox window a secondary visual representation having a thumbnail image of the first and second primary graphics including the second sequence identifier incremented from the second value, the thumbnail image being associated with a user interface element for modifying sequences in the document; and displaying on the toolbox window a secondary visual representation having a thumbnail image of the third primary graphic and the third sequence identifier incremented from the third value; wherein the first annotation, the second annotation, and the third annotation are each further defined by an instance identifier, the value of the instance identifier associated with the first and second annotations are different from the value of the instance identifier associated with the third annotation.