Patent ID: 8849864

Claim:
A digital archive system, comprising: a user interface; a processor; and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising: designating, via the user interface, any one of a plurality of digital content files within the digital archive system as an anchor file, wherein the plurality of digital content files are selected from a group consisting of image files, audio files, video files, and text files; linking, via the user interface, other ones of the digital content files within the digital archive system to the anchor file, wherein each digital content file linked to the anchor file creates a respective path that can be illustrated graphically as a line; linking, via the user interface, one of the digital content files in the digital archive system to another digital content file in another digital archive system, wherein each of the digital content files in the digital archive system linked to a digital content file in the another digital archive system creates a respective path that can be illustrated graphically as a line; annotating, via the user interface, each of the other ones of the digital content files linked to the anchor file within the digital archive system with information describing the respective other ones of the digital content files and any relationship between the anchor file and the respective other ones of the digital content files; displaying, via the user interface, content of the anchor file, all of the other ones of the digital content files linked to the anchor file, and files in the another digital archive system in response to a mouse over of the one of the digital content files in the digital archive system; graphically displaying, via the user interface, lines representative of paths existing between the digital content files in the digital archive system and the another digital archive system and lines representative of paths existing between the digital content files within each of the digital archive system and the another digital archive system; and granting access to selected users to link the other ones of the digital content files to the anchor file.