Showing papers by "Catherine C. Marshall published in 2001"

Detection and processing of annotated anchors

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and article of manufacture for detecting a reader's interest in a particular external document through their markings and annotations, and processing the marks in various ways, is provided. By detecting anchors proximal to annotations made by a reader, a collection of the annotated anchors and the related documents may be organized and generated for a reader to process according to their desires.

Designing e-books for legal research

Abstract: In this paper we report the findings from a field study of legal resea rch in a first-tier law school and on the resulting redesign of XLibris, a next-generation e-book. We first characterize a work setting in which we expected an e-book to be a useful interface for reading and otherwise using a mix of physical and digital library materials, and explore what kinds of reading-related functionality would bring value to this setting. We do this by describing important aspects of legal research in a heterogeneous information environment, including mobility, reading, annotation, link following and writing practices, and their general implications for design. We then discuss how our work with a user community and an evolving e-book prototype allowed us to examine tandem issues of usability and utility, and to redesign an existing e-book user interface to suit the needs of law students. The study caused us to move away from the notion of a stand-alone reading device and toward the concept of a document laptop, a platform that would provide wireless access to information resources, as well as support a fuller spectrum of reading-related activities.

Systems and methods for sharing high value annotations

Abstract: Techniques are provided for displaying sets of high value annotation information while maintaining the contextual relevance of the high value annotations to the source portion of the annotated document. A selection criteria such as annotator name, time or other criteria, is applied to the high value annotations. High value annotations having overlapping display locations in the source document are determined and the overlap resolved based on a presentation style. The high value annotations and the document is displayed based on the presentation style.

Digital libraries and mobility

Abstract: Digital libraries offer the promise of anywhere, anytime access to vast online holdings. But what does this promise really mean? If we draw on studies of digital libraries in use, coupled with our development experience with the XLibris analytic reading software [9] on mobile pen-tablet hardware (shown in the accompanying figure), four potential advantages of mobile access to digital resources come to light. Digital library patrons can:

NoteCards in the age of the web: practice meets perfect

Abstract: Frank Halasz's "Reflections on NoteCards: Seven Issues for the Next Generation of Hypermedia Systems" was a remarkably prescient analysis that continues to influence the international hypertext research community Meanwhile, the Web has offered a basic reality check on the seven issues and has given us, as a community, an opportunity to learn from many and diverse hypertext practitioners In essence, the Web has brought hypertext out of the realm of research and into the realm of the everyday, the ordinary, the practical In particular, I would like to introduce three major themes that come from observations of the Web in use: (1) The growing heterogeneity of hypermedia genres, uses, and users; (2) the need to acknowledge the distinct role of hypermedia readers and, more specifically, provide hypermedia readers with tools for personal annotation, re-retrieval, gathering, contextual access from mobile devices, and collaborative reading; and (3) the recurring tension between formal and informal hypertext structures and representations

System and method for supporting document centered discussion across heterogeneous display devices and method for transferring user discussion message

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to invite other users to collaboratively discuss a document while providing context information that selectively provided each user with information of about the other user's focus of attention within the document. SOLUTION: In this system for supporting the document centere discussion across heterogeneous display devices, invitation information on invitation for collaboratively discussing the document is stored in an invitation storage memory 63, view information with respect to the executing discussion are stored in a view storage memory 64, and a controller 62 controls the memory 63 and the memory 64 to specify the invitation information on at least one user specifying view information with respect to accepted invitation stored in the memory 64.

Web page information formatting method

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method which permits to navigate or get access to a Web page more quickly and effectively using a mobile device display of a limited size. SOLUTION: By this method, a data file of a Web page that is identified by a URL and includes contents and links is accessed, a link is extracted from the contents of the Web page, and, for viewing on the display, the link irrespective of the present contents is provided. COPYRIGHT: (C)2002,JPO