Patent ID: 9348838
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A data storage system comprising: a system computer having a processor coupled to a memory; a virtual server on a network adapted to manage a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more user files; a user computer operatively connected to the network and including a display and a storage device; the virtual server adapted to verify user access information received from the user computer for a particular user account; the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to the user files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to the user computer wherein the information is transferred directly to and displayed in a web browser; the virtual server being further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the storage device of the user computer; the virtual server allowing a plurality of sub-accounts to be associated with one or more of the user accounts; and the virtual server maintaining file rights permissions with a level of access for user accounts of the sub-accounts.