Extensible framework for executable annotations in electronic content

US11609956B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mitali Jain · Hyderabad, IN
• Praveen Upadhyay · Bellevue, US
• Mahesh Sridharan · Hyderabad, IN
• Rajiv Kumar · Hyderabad, IN
• Sanjib Biswas · Hyderabad, IN
• Arun Rajappa · Hyderabad, IN
• Sunny Mitra · Hyderabad, IN
• Aloka Sanjib Kumar Mitra · Hyderabad, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for annotating electronic content items include receiving over a communication network a first request to associate a first tag from among a plurality different of tags with first electronic content, wherein each tag from among the plurality of tags is: configured to label electronic content, and associated with a respective task from among a plurality of tasks; recording, in response to receiving the first request, a first association between the first electronic content and the first tag; and transmitting over the communication network to a first recipient client: the first electronic content, and an instruction to the first recipient client to cause the first recipient client to execute, in response to receiving the first electronic content, the respective task associated with the first tag on the first electronic content.