Patent ID: 8135776

Claim:
A system for managing the communication of multi-page documents, comprising: a software module document splitter, configured to run on a processor, and adapted to: receive a multi-page, electronic document being uploaded as a single file; split the multi-page, electronic document into a plurality of single pages; save the single pages such that each one of said single pages may be transmitted separately over a network; associate meta data with each said single page that enables said single pages to be downloaded, one at a time, by an electronic device being used by a user, from a file storage device remote from said electronic device, to provide the appearance to the user that said electronic device is in possession of a single, multi-page document; and associate annotations made by individuals on specific pages of said multi-page, electronic document with specific ones of said single pages when said single pages are downloaded to said electronic device of said user, such that said annotations appear on said single pages as said annotations were initially authored by said individuals.