System and method for preserving historical information for viewing by posterity
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1. A method performed by a service provider for preserving historical information for later viewing, said method comprising steps of:
- (a) maintaining a website which may be accessed by users wishing to establish an account at which information is collected and stored in digital format that is uploaded by an account-holder;
(b) establishing an account corresponding to said account holder;
(c) receiving selected information uploaded by said account-holder in digital format so as to vary contents of said account;
(d) at the occurrence of a predetermined event, writing said selected information into a nonvolatile data storage device; and
(e) incorporating said said nonvolatile data storage device into an unrelated object from which at least some of said selected information stored thereon can be locally viewed using a separate portable electronic device which provides operating power to the nonvolatile data storage device.
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Abstract
A system and method that will enable individuals or organizations to store any digital information they wish to preserve for posterity. According to typical methodology, the individual may establish an account with a service provider through which information may be collected for posterity. For example, the service provider may maintain a website to which the information can be uploaded in digital format. The account holder may access the account at any time to manipulate, edit or annotate the information.
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1. A method performed by a service provider for preserving historical information for later viewing, said method comprising steps of:
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(a) maintaining a website which may be accessed by users wishing to establish an account at which information is collected and stored in digital format that is uploaded by an account-holder; (b) establishing an account corresponding to said account holder; (c) receiving selected information uploaded by said account-holder in digital format so as to vary contents of said account; (d) at the occurrence of a predetermined event, writing said selected information into a nonvolatile data storage device; and (e) incorporating said said nonvolatile data storage device into an unrelated object from which at least some of said selected information stored thereon can be locally viewed using a separate portable electronic device which provides operating power to the nonvolatile data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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