US Patent 7432938 System and method for annotating electronic documents

A system and method for annotating electronic documents is disclosed. The method for annotating displayable electronic documents generally includes the steps of receiving at least a first input from a first person, such as an annotator, generating, in response to the first input, at least one of a first annotation box and a first annotation which relates to a first portion of the electronic document, and linking at least one of the first annotation box and the first annotation with the first portion of the electronic document to which the first annotation relates via a displayable first reference link.