Patent ID: 7778926

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing a browsable electronic catalog via a server system, said electronic catalog comprising representations of works created by creators; providing, via the server system, a creator verification user interface; receiving, at the server system, a creator verification request from a user with the creator verification user interface, said creator verification request identifying a work selected by the user from the electronic catalog, and identifying a third party verifier for verifying that the user is a creator of the selected work, said third party verifier designated by the user via the creator verification user interface; in response to the creator verification request, sending, from the server system, a request for the third party verifier to verify that the user is a creator of the selected work; receiving, at the server system, from the third party verifier, a reply indicating that the user is a creator of the selected work; in response to the reply indicating that the user is a creator of the selected work, exposing to the user, via the server system, a content submission interface; receiving content from the user via the content submission interface; and in response to receiving the content, incorporating, by the server system, the content into a page of the electronic catalog together with a designation that the content is from a creator of the work, said page being associated with the work.