Patent ID: 7409633

Claim:
A method for annotating a Web-based document with annotation client software and for viewing the annotated document, comprising: generating annotation data by processing user input provided to the annotation client software by a user of the annotation client software; associating the annotation data with the Web-based document to create the annotated document, the Web-based document being displayed via a Web browser; providing the annotated document to an annotation server; generating, with the annotation server, a graphic data file corresponding to a visual layout of the annotation data; retrieving the annotated document from the annotation server in response to a user request, wherein the annotated document is generated for retrieval as a function of the Web-based document and the associated annotation data by enclosing the annotated document inside a fixed-sized layer of the Web browser, examining each element of the annotated document to detect particular properties which may cause the element to move relative to a predetermined corner of the annotated document during resizing of the annotated document, and modifying the particular properties such that movement of the elements is prevented during resizing of the annotated document; and receiving user input for performing a desired action upon the annotated document, including receiving, via an input device, a predetermined gesture from the user, to be applied to the annotated document, determining at least one command for performing a desired action corresponding to the predetermined gesture, and executing the at least one command to perform the desired action upon the annotated document.