Patent ID: 8199117

Claim:
An archiving system comprising: a multi-touch display device integrated into a surface of a table, the multi-touch display device configured for two-handed user input; an image capture device arranged to capture an image of a physical object placed on or above the surface of the multi-touch display device; a receptacle arranged to hold an electrically rechargeable handheld digital media storage device, the receptacle including inductive pads for automated power charging of the handheld digital media storage device; a data transmission device, integrated in the receptacle and arranged to provide data transmission with the handheld digital media storage device to receive a digital image; a sensing apparatus arranged to detect user input to the archiving system comprising position of the physical object in relation to the multi-touch display device and/or a finger of a user in relation to the multi-touch display device; a processor arranged to control operation of the archiving system comprising displaying, on the multi-touch display device, the captured image of the physical object, the digital image received from the digital media storage device, and a multi-touch graphical user interface for organizing the captured image of the physical object and the digital image into a single archive associated with an event identifier; and a memory, coupled to the processor, arranged to store the single archive associated with the event identifier.