Patent ID: 9722993
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A data storage system comprising: a virtual server on a network and having an operative connection to the Internet, the virtual server adapted to manage 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 adapted to connect over the network with a user computer associated with the verified user access information; the virtual server adapted to cause an icon view of system functions of the virtual server to be displayed in a browser window on the user computer; the virtual server adapted to cause information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to be displayed in the browser window on the user computer; the virtual server adapted to upload a first group of one or more user selected files associated with the particular user account from the user computer to the virtual server; and the virtual server adapted to download a second group of one or more user selected files associated with the particular user account from the virtual server to the user computer; wherein each user account has a primary account user and at least one subaccount, the at least one subaccount having file rights controlled access to subaccount files stored on the virtual server and the at least one subaccount having file rights controlled access to shared account files stored on the virtual server, and wherein the primary account user sets the file rights controlled access level for each subaccount.