REMOTE ACCESS AND RETRIEVAL OF ELECTRONIC FILES

• US 20080288586A1
• Filed: 07/08/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DataCloud Technologies, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wantage Technologies LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Koch, Robert A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,615,555 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

A system and methods for remotely accessing, retrieving, and transmitting data offering remote data management control and verification of data delivery is provided. In an illustrative implementation, the present invention comprises a computing application operating on at least one computer server that cooperates with at least one communications network to which participating users have access. The exemplary computing application coordinates the delivery of desired data its corresponding data directory structure information to participating users over the communications network. The present invention further provides notification of delivery of data to intended targets using the communications network.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A method for providing remote data directory structure management capabilities across a communications network comprising:

receiving a request from a requestor over the communications network for the management of a data directory structure recorded on a memory device within a computing device;

providing data directory structure information to the requestor by the computing device;

receiving a second request from the requester, the second request indicating a least one data file within the data directory and an electronic address which to send the at least one data file; and

sending the at least one data file to the electronic address without sending the at least one data file to the requester.