Patent ID: 8330773

Claim:
A system that facilitates communicating data utilizing a portable device having a display screen and a memory containing content currently displayed on the display screen, comprising: a memory storing computer-executable instructions of: an application that displays current content on the display screen; an interface component that receives from a user of the portable device an indication to annotate the current content on the display screen; and after receiving the indication to annotate, receives annotation data related to the current content of the display screen; an annotation component that appends a screen snap shot corresponding to the display with the annotated data to create an annotated screen shot by: displaying the annotation data over the current content of the display screen to append the annotated data with the current content and performing a screen capture to collect from the memory the annotated current content currently displayed on the display screen as the annotated screen snap shot of the display; and a communication component for transmitting the annotated screen shot to a disparate device; and a processor that executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.