Collaborative system and method for generating biographical accounts
First Claim
1. A method for operating a system that is used to generate biographical content relating to a first user with collaboration from other users, said method comprising the steps of:
- generating electronic content to be transmitted to the first user, said electronic content including at least one question specified by at least one other user;
transmitting said electronic content to the first user; and
receiving inputs entered by the first user in response to said at least one question, said inputs describing a life event of the first user.
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Abstract
A collaborative system and method are used to capture, organize, share and preserve life stories. Life stories can be expressed in first person or third person. In either case, the process of developing the life stories is carried out with collaboration with and contributions from other users. The collaboration among the users is desirable because it serves to encourage and prompt users to record their life stories and also increases the relevance of the recorded life stories, so that an online community of users containing highly relevant and meaningful content, that is also relatively permanent in nature, about the users can be created.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for operating a system that is used to generate biographical content relating to a first user with collaboration from other users, said method comprising the steps of:
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generating electronic content to be transmitted to the first user, said electronic content including at least one question specified by at least one other user;
transmitting said electronic content to the first user; and
receiving inputs entered by the first user in response to said at least one question, said inputs describing a life event of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system used to generate biographical content relating to a first user with collaboration from a second user, said system comprising a host computing device connected to a first computing device and a second computing device over a computer network, wherein the host computing device is programmed to:
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receive inputs entered through the second computing device;
generate a document in accordance with said inputs, said document including at least a first section for displaying a question, a second section for displaying an image associated with the question, and a third section for inputting text;
transmit said document to the first computing device; and
receive text inputs entered into the third section of the document through the first computing device and store said text inputs and said associated image as a biographical entry for said first user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for communicating with a first individual to generate life stories of a second individual, said method comprising the steps of:
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presenting a GUI to the first individual, the GUI including a first hyperlink to a web page for managing relationship data of the first individual and a second hyperlink to a web page for inputting life stories on behalf of the second individual;
receiving an input from the first individual, the input selecting said second hyperlink;
presenting said web page for inputting life stories on behalf of the second individual, the web page including a first section for inputting text and a second section for attaching an image;
receiving text inputs from the first individual through the first section of the web page and an image selection through the second section of the web page, the text inputs describing a life event of the second individual and the selected image being associated with said life event; and
transmitting the text inputs and the selected image to a host computing device over a computer network along with data that associates the text inputs and the selected image with the second individual. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A collaborative system accessed by multiple users for communicating with the multiple users to generate life stories of the multiple users, the system comprising:
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a memory unit storing profile data about the multiple users; and
a processor programmed to generate web pages based in part of said profile data and transmit said web pages to the multiple users in response to inputs received from the multiple users, at least one of the web pages to be transmitted to one of the multiple users including a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a question that is posed by another one of the multiple users. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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