Patent 8001460 was granted and assigned to RICOH COMPANY,LTD. on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a page-added information sharing management method, a setting of added information to an object in a page, including a range specification of the added information for the object is received. The added information is stored by associating the added information with the page. When a request for displaying the added information is received, the added information associated with the page to be viewed is acquired to provide a requesting device with the added information.