DATA BACKUP, STORAGE, TRANSFER AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
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1. A data storage system comprising:
- a virtual server on a network managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more files;
the virtual server adapted to verify user access information for a particular user account;
the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to a verified user on a user computer;
the virtual server further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the user computer.
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Abstract
A data storage system including a virtual server on a network managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more files; the virtual server adapted to verify user access information for a particular user account; the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to a verified user on a user computer; the virtual server further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the user computer.
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1. A data storage system comprising:
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a virtual server on a network managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more files; the virtual server adapted to verify user access information for a particular user account; the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to a verified user on a user computer; the virtual server further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A data storage system for storing data files for a plurality of accounts, comprising:
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an account user computer operatively connected to a network and including a display and a storage device; and a virtual server with a storage device operatively connected to the network, the virtual server being adapted to verify account user information for each account user computer seeking to access associated account files stored on the virtual server and to display a list of associated account files stored on the virtual server and a list of files stored on the account user computer on the account user computer display; wherein the personal account files stored exclusively on the virtual server storage device can be opened and modified while the personal account files remain stored exclusively on the virtual server storage device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored exclusively on a non-transitory computer readable medium on a virtual server comprising:
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checking for an operative connection between the virtual server and the Internet, and if the virtual server is operatively connected; linking the virtual server with an account user computer having a storage device after verification of an account user identification; scanning the data files and directories of the linked user computer storage device; scanning the contents of data files and directories of a storage device on the virtual server associated with the account user identification; displaying data files and directories stored on the linked user computer storage device and data files and directories stored on the virtual server associated with the account identification in a single window on the linked user computer display; opening selected data files stored on the virtual server storage device for the verified account; modifying the selected data files stored on the virtual server storage device for the verified account; and saving the virtual server files stored on the system computer storage device for the verified account.
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