Patent ID: 7698311

Claim:
A system for augmenting and tracking data files, comprising: a reference database including a reference datum; a handler component configured to retrieve a source data file including a structured datum; a locator component configured to locate the structured datum in the source data file; an analyzer component configured to associate the structured datum to the reference datum; a generating component configured to embed an association of the structured datum and the reference datum in the source data file to generate an augmented data file, the embedded association including an identification code; and a communication component configured to transmit the augmented data file to a computing device, receive a first identifier from the computing device corresponding to a pointer being positioned over the structured datum in the computing device, the first identifier including the identification code, responsive to receiving the first identifier, transmit additional information from the reference database according to the association to the computing device, the additional information being displayable as an overlay in an area proximate to the structured datum simultaneous to the pointer being positioned over the structured datum, receive a second identifier from the computing device corresponding to a user selection of the additional information, and responsive to receiving the second identifier, track the user selection of the additional information.