Structured and unstructured data annotations to user interfaces and data objects

摘要

The technology provides a method and system to annotate fields associated with a graphical user interface and data objects. The method and systems provide an annotation memory and annotation management system to allow saving annotations associated with fields and data objects. The annotations are fetched from the annotation memory for display along with the field as well as the data object.

主权项

1. A method for displaying an annotation linked to at least one field of a graphical user interface or at least one data object displayable at a workstation that operatively transmits and receives data objects from a software-as-a-service application in a networked computer system, the method comprising steps performed on at least one processor comprising:
providing an annotation memory storing at least one annotation, wherein the at least one annotation is linked to the at least one field of the graphical user interface or at least one data object and associated with at least one of a plurality of separate entities operably connected to the software-as-a-service application in the networked computer system; updating the software-as-a-service application, wherein the update includes the at least one annotation linked to the at least one field of the graphical user interface or the at least one data object to be displayed, and wherein the at least one annotation comprises information regarding the update; transmitting the graphical user interface to a workstation of a specific one of the plurality of separate entities of the networked computer system to be displayed on the display of the workstation and allow a user to operatively transmit and receive at least one data object with the software-as-a-service application; recognizing the at least one field of the graphical user interface or the at least one data object to be displayed has the at least one annotation linked to the at least one field or the at least one data object, wherein the recognizing step comprises determining whether the at least one field of the graphical user interface or the at least one data object has indicia identifying the at least one annotation exists; fetching the at least one annotation linked to the at least one field or the at least one data object; determining whether the specific entity of the plurality of separate entities is the at least one of the plurality of separate entities associated with the at least one annotation; and transmitting the at least one annotation linked to the at least one field or data object to the workstation if the specific entity is the at least one of the plurality of separate entities associated with the at least one annotation, wherein the at least one annotation may be displayed on the display of the at least one workstation or stored in a memory of the at least one workstation for display.