Patent ID: 7885955

Claim:
A computer method of shared document annotation, comprising: (A) displaying a source document in a browser; (B) locating a mixed media reality document data structure associated with the source document, the mixed media reality document data structure comprising: the source document; an annotation; and a first hotspot that links the annotation to the source document; (C) receiving a shared annotation and a designation of a portion of the source document associated with the shared annotation; (D) updating the mixed media reality document data structure associated with the source document to include a second hotspot that links the shared annotation to the designated portion of the source document and to include a modified source document that comprises a selectable portion associated with the second hotspot; (E) displaying in the browser the modified source document comprising the selectable portion associated with the second hotspot; (F) in response to a print command, capturing coordinates corresponding to a printed representation of the modified source document and coordinates corresponding to the selectable portion associated with the second hotspot; and (G) rendering a page layout comprising the printed representation including the selectable portion associated with the second hotspot, (H) wherein the shared annotation and designation are retrieved from a shared annotation server.