Patent 10387520 was granted and assigned to ResearchGate on August, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, a plurality of “anchors” are dispersed throughout the document, allowing document portions to be referenced in terms of the anchor(s) associated with the portion.