Patent Document ID: 20140245123
Application ID: 13781446
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for synchronizing annotations between a printed document and an electronic document, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, an image of a printed document portion having a printed text portion, wherein the printed document portion includes an annotation in proximity to the printed text portion; accessing at least a portion of the electronic document from a memory device, wherein the electronic document comprises an electronic version of the printed document; identifying an electronic text portion within the electronic document that corresponds to the printed text portion; detecting the annotation in the printed document portion; and facilitating insertion of a digital annotation into at least one of the electronic document and a copy of the electronic document, the digital annotation corresponding to the detected annotation, wherein the digital annotation is inserted in proximity to the identified electronic text portion at a location that at least substantially corresponds to a location of the detected annotation in the printed document portion.