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US 2006/0186189 A1Published application
System and method for preserving historical information for viewing by posterity
OwnerStephen Cissominventor
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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.
Claims8
A method for preserving historical information for later viewing, said method comprising steps of:
- (a) establishing an account with a service provider capable of collecting and storing information in digital format, said service provider maintaining a website by which said account can be accessed by an account-holder;
- (b) uploading selected information to said website in digital format so as to vary contents of said account;
- (c) at the occurrence of a predetermined event, said service provider writing said selected information into a nonvolatile data storage device;
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- (d) placing said nonvolatile data storage device in a selected physical location.
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