Patent ID: 7464143
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for setup of a digital object storage and delivery system comprising a library, a shared database, a file transfer protocol (FTP) server coupled to the library and the database, and a web server coupled to the database, the method comprising operations of: populating the library with a number of machine readable digital objects; configuring the database to include web server access codes corresponding to various users and a mapping of which of said users are authorized to conduct FTP download of which digital objects contained in the library; programming the web server to perform operations including presenting at least one Internet web page providing instructions for users seeking to conduct FTP download of to digital objects in the library, authenticating users browsing the web page according to their corresponding web server access codes, generating a temporary FTP access code for each authenticated user, transmitting each temporary FTP access code to the user for which the code was generated, and redirecting each authenticated user to the FTP server; programming the FTP server to perform operations comprising re-authenticating said redirected users by requiring correct submission of the temporary FTP access codes, only upon successful re-authentication, making digital objects from the library available for FTP download by said users as authorized by the mapping.