Patent ID: 8180737

Claim:
A computer-readable storage memory with an executable program to archive digital content stored thereon, wherein the program comprises instructions for a microprocessor to perform: implementing an archive storage area having a unified storage structure including a unitary archive folder such that all items stored in the archive storage are logically contained within the unitary archive folder; implementing a manifest that is stored within the archive storage area when the archive storage area is loaded onto a storage device, the manifest comprising: an index of items stored in the unified structure of the archive; and an organizational structure that maintains user-defined categories where the user-defined categories each support an organization of items in the archive storage; and implementing an archive service that serves as an intermediary to the archive storage, where the archive service: controls requests for access to items stored in the unified storage structure; locates requested items using the manifest; interacts with, and correspondingly updates the index of the manifest as items are retrieved from, and stored in the unified storage structure; and provides an interface that interacts with a user to: create and edit the user-defined categories of the organizational structure; and interact with the user to associate specific ones of the items in the archive storage to at least one corresponding user-defined category.