Patent ID: 7913162
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing the annotation of a document comprising: obtaining an original document; making an original electronic version of the document available to an annotation manager system; associating the original electronic version of the document with digital paper; printing a plurality of hardcopies of the original electronic version of the document on the associated digital paper; distributing the hardcopies to a plurality of team members; receiving a plurality of annotations from the team members; receiving selective sharing data for at least one selected annotations of the plurality of annotations from the respective team members that authored the respective annotation, wherein the selective sharing data comprises digital pen strokes on the associated digital paper that indicate a selective sharing mode and corresponding annotation selection pen strokes made in the vicinity of the at least one selected annotations; associating each public annotation with a location in the original electronic version of the document and a group of team members allowed access to each respective public annotation; and associating each non-public annotation with a location in a non-public electronic version of the document.