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Secure File Drawer and Safe

  • US 20130198521A1
  • Filed: 01/28/2012
  • Published: 08/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A file storing system, comprising a server having a network interface, and at least one client computer having a network interface, both the server and the at least one client computer being connected to the Internet, the system comprising:

  • means for creating a user account as a safe by a first user by using safe name and password;

    means for encrypting a mark with an encryption key and saving the encrypted mark, known as E-mark, on the server;

    means for determining if an encryption algorithm and a key are compatible with the algorithm and the key used to encrypt the encrypted mark;

    means for generating a file-uploading form;

    means for uploading a file in the safe of the first user;

    means for encrypting the file on the server or the client computer by using one or two encryption keys;

    means for saving the uploaded and encrypted file along with tracking information on the server;

    means for showing the file among other files in the secure file drawer or the safe of the first user;

    means for showing any of the files and deleting any of the files in the secure file drawer and safe of the first user; and

    means for generating a file-downloading page for a selected file, decrypting the selected file on the server or the client computer by using user-provided key, and downloading the selected file to the client computer of the first user.

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