US Patent 11841917 Digital multimedia pinpoint bookmark device, method, and system

Embodiments of the inventive concept enable a user to define exactly what and/or where they would like to set a digital pinpoint bookmark, and at a later time, engage the use of the pinpoint bookmark so that they can jump back to the very spot where they left off. In an augmented reality environment, the pinpoint bookmark may point to a real object or a virtual object. In a virtual reality environment, the pinpoint bookmark may point to a virtual object. The pinpoint bookmark is a visual mark that overlays the digital content and that points directly to the spot (i.e., directly to a punctuation mark, letter, word, paragraph, image, video clip, audio clip, real object, virtual object, or the like) so that it is easy and quick for the user to get back to the exact position. The pinpoint bookmark can be cleared using a button. Multiple pinpoint bookmarks across various different personal computing devices associated with a single user can be centrally stored and managed using a remote pinpoint bookmark database.