Patent ID: 7877460

Claim:
A method for managing electronic content, including: receiving primary and layered content at a client device, each item of layered content associated with a particular paragraph or a portion thereof in the primary content; enabling each of a plurality of users to view a particular paragraph or a portion thereof in the primary content, and any layered content associated with that particular paragraph or a portion thereof in the primary content; and displaying to each of the plurality of users at least one indicator in juxtaposition with the particular paragraph or portion thereof in the primary content viewed by another one of the plurality of users; updating the position of each displayed indicator as each one of the plurality of users views a new paragraph or portion thereof; receiving a request from a first user of the plurality of users to communicate with a second user of the plurality of users by selecting the indicator displayed in juxtaposition with the particular paragraph or portion thereof in the primary content viewed by the second user; and enabling the exchange of information between the first user and the second user.