Patent ID: 7996436

Claim:
A method for creating and sharing binder documents, the method comprising: providing a binder presentation system (BPS) web application at a remote server which includes a computer readable medium and processor, wherein the BPS web application is operable to communicate with a plurality of clients to create, manage and present binder documents; receiving a first request at the BPS from a client to create a binder document, wherein the binder document is a multi-level tabbed and subtabbed document, which includes a plurality of web-based media content that is organized by the client, wherein each tab and subtab shows a different page of the binder document, and wherein the plurality of web-based media content is stored remotely and is accessible via an internet; receiving a second request from the client to add particular web-based media content to the binder document, wherein the request includes a uniform resource locator (URL) for the particular web-based media content and indicates a location, in the binder document, to add the particular web-based media content; integrating the particular web-based media content into the binder document at the location indicated by the second request; automatically generating an electronic index of the plurality of web-based media content in the binder document, wherein for each of the plurality of web-based media content, the electronic index includes metadata received from a media info component, wherein the metadata includes one or more of a URL associated with that web-based media content, authorship information for that web-based media content and rights regulating use of that web-based media content, wherein the electronic index is integrated into the binder document as one of the tabs; and hosting the binder document over the internet where it can be accessed through the remote server.