Patent ID: 8533238

Claim:
A method for providing an improved interface for interacting with a document within a private computer network, comprising: receiving the document that provides a document interface and lacks an embedded flag interface, an embedded tag interface, and an embedded comment interface within the document interface; upon receiving the document, displaying the document in a document viewer configured to provide an external flag interface, an external tag interface, and an external comment interface for the document separate from the document interface; when displaying the document in the document viewer, utilizing the document viewer to provide the external flag interface for the document lacking the embedded flag interface, the external flag interface enabling a user of the private computer network to flag the document as the document is displayed by the document viewer without accessing an external flagging web page; when displaying the document in the document viewer, utilizing the document viewer to provide the external tag interface for the document lacking the embedded tag interface, the external tag interface enabling the user to associate a tag with the document as the document is displayed by the document viewer; and when displaying the document in the document viewer, utilizing the document viewer to provide the external comment interface for the document lacking the embedded comment interface, the external comment interface enabling the user to share comments about the document with other users of the private computer network as the document is displayed by the document viewer.