Patent ID: 8751604
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for managing digital media files in a system including a computer server that is in communication with a storage device, the method comprising: providing, using at least one processor, a user directory in which a user is enabled to store digital media files; receiving an instruction to move and moving, using at least one processor, a first digital media file from the user directory to a shared directory having a location that is not directly accessible to the user, thereby preventing direct access by the user to the first digital media file; and generating in the user directory, using at least one processor, a link to the first digital media file, the link providing the user indirect access to the first digital media file located in the shared directory; wherein if the link to the first digital media file is deleted from the user directory, the first digital media file is not deleted from the shared directory until the system subsequently receives an additional instruction to delete files corresponding with previously deleted links and deletes the digital media file from the shared directory.