Claims
- 1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:
a first data field comprising information linking the data structure to a document; a second data field comprising information identifying a user-defined part of the document being marked by the data structure; and a third data field comprising information regarding user-defined properties of a visual indicator corresponding to the data structure, wherein the visual indicator is configured to be displayed partially outside of the document and with the user-defined part of the document.
- 2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data structure is representative of a bookmark, and the user-defined part of the document being marked comprises a desired part of the document.
- 3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first data field comprises a hyperlink.
- 4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the information regarding user-defined properties comprises information defining at least one of: a color of the visual indicator, a shape of the visual indicator, a font of the visual indicator, a title of the visual indicator and textual content of the visual indicator or links to other locations.
- 5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the document is stored on the computer-readable medium.
- 6. A computer comprising the computer-readable medium of claim 1 and another computer-readable medium, wherein the document is stored on the other computer-readable medium.
- 7. A computer comprising the computer-readable medium of claim 1 and coupled to a remote computer-readable medium, wherein the document is stored on the remote computer-readable medium.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority from allowed application Ser. No. 09/456,127, filed Dec. 7, 1999.
Continuations (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
09456127 |
Dec 1999 |
US |
Child |
10871092 |
Jun 2004 |
US |