Patent ID: 8706649
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing electronically stored files via a virtual store system, the method comprising: generating a session ID when a client connects to a server that implements the virtual store system; providing a web page to the client, the web page having HTML source including a description of a plurality of files for download, wherein the HTML source does not include visible URL links for downloading the plurality of files; receiving an alphanumeric identification corresponding to a selection of one of the plurality of electronically stored files; generating a dynamic symbolic system link as a function of the alphanumeric identification and said session ID; providing the client the dynamic symbolic system link for access to the selected file; storing in a database the alphanumeric identification of the selected file in association with a user identifier; and expiring said symbolic system link.