Patent ID: 6973456

Claim:
A method of organizing and sharing Internet links, electronic files and hardcopy documents, the method comprising: enabling a user to enter comments about an Internet link; storing the entered comments about the Internet link and a URL of the Internet link in an Internet link record in a database; associating the Internet link record with a category or an item; enabling the user to enter comments about an electronic file; storing the entered comments about the electronic file and, a file access path of the electronic file in an electronic file record in the database; associating the electronic file record with a category or an item; enabling the user to enter comments about a hardcopy document; storing the entered comments about the hardcopy document and a description of the physical location of the hardcopy document in a hardcopy document record in the database; associating the hardcopy document record with a category or an item; enabling the user to designate categories in the database as shared or not shared; making Internet link records, electronic file records, and hardcopy document records associated with a category designated as not shared accessible only to the user that created the category; making Internet link records, electronic file records, and hardcopy document records associated with shared categories accessible to other users that use the database; and enabling the user to associate one or more Internet link records, electronic file records, and hardcopy document records with a same category or a same item.