System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files
First Claim
1. A archive security system including:
- an archive management application receiving an archive;
a host application; and
a repository storing first security information and second security information, wherein said archive management application operates within said host application to form an enhanced version of said host application, wherein said enhanced version of said host application grants access to said archive in response to either of said first security information and said second security information.
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application'"'"'s interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In an embodiment of the present invention, a file archiving system may include a user interface component, a file management component and a compression/extraction engine component. The user interface component may include an enhanced user interface of a host application that provides an interface for a user. The file management component may include a central directory that provides a representation of the contents of an archive. The compression/extraction engine component may include a file size module and/or a security module. The file size module may be used to compress and/or decompress a file in an archive. The security module may be used to encrypt, decrypt, digitally sign and/or authenticate a file in an archive.
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35 Claims
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1. A archive security system including:
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an archive management application receiving an archive;
a host application; and
a repository storing first security information and second security information, wherein said archive management application operates within said host application to form an enhanced version of said host application, wherein said enhanced version of said host application grants access to said archive in response to either of said first security information and said second security information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An archive security system including:
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an archive;
an archive management application; and
a repository storing a plurality of passwords, wherein said archive management application provides access to said repository in response to the entry of any of said plurality of passwords.
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31. An archive security system including:
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an archive;
an archive management application; and
a repository storing a plurality of security information, wherein said archive management application provides access to said repository in response to the entry of any of said plurality of security information.
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32. A .Zip archive security system including:
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a .Zip archive; and
a repository storing first security information and second security information, wherein either said first security information or said second security information is usable to determine whether to grant a user access to said .Zip archive.
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33. An archive security system including:
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an archive; and
a repository storing first security information and second security information, wherein either said first security information or said second security information is usable to determine whether to grant a user access to said archive.
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34. A .Zip archive security system including:
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a .Zip archive; and
a repository storing a first password and a second password, wherein either said first password or said second password is usable to determine whether to grant a user access to said .Zip archive.
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35. An archive security system including:
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an archive; and
a repository storing a first password and a second password, wherein either said first password or said second password is usable to determine whether to grant a user access to said archive.
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