System and method for automatic digital library creation

摘要

A system and method for automatic digital library creation is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a storage server in a LAN of a user: automatically receives content from a client device in the LAN, wherein: the received content is determined in accordance with a storage server profile for the storage server, and receiving content frees up storage space on the client device; stores at least some of the content received from the client device; automatically receives content via an external network that is complementary to the stored content received from the client device, wherein the complementary content is determined in accordance with the storage server profile; and stores the complementary content.