Patent ID: 8103680
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for collecting and displaying historical content comprising a plurality of digital objects associated with a historical period or event, the system comprising: one or more servers for processing the historical content, wherein the one or more servers are in communication with a network; a database of host historical content input by an operator, wherein the one or more servers are configured to access and display the host historical content; a database of user historical content input by a user, wherein the one more servers are configured to access and display the user historical content, wherein at least a portion of the historical content has associated metadata, and wherein one or more software applications are configured to translate at least a portion of the metadata associated with the plurality of digital objects into a web services definition language to facilitate the transmission of historical content between software applications; one or more software applications running on the one or more servers for facilitating collection, integration and display of historical content, wherein the one or more software applications provides a template accessible to a user via a computer in communication with the network, wherein the template is configured to allow the user to input the user historical content and relate a portion of the host historical content to create a user website integrating the user historical content with a portion of the host historical content and to permit the user to purchase a right to access at least a portion of the relevant host historical content and associate at least a portion of the relevant host historical content with the user website; and wherein the template is further configured to allow the user to input data associated with the historical content and wherein the one or more software applications are further configured to search for relevant host content related to data input by the user through the template, and to display to the user an indication of the availability of relevant host historical content related to the data input by the user.