Patent ID: 8296826
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A network of devices, comprising: a server in data communication with a client; means in the client for generating a request to transfer a file to a mass storage system over a public network; means in the server for determining whether an entity indicated in the request received by the server is authorized to transfer the file from the client to the mass storage system over the public network; means in the server for obtaining a plurality of instructions to send to the client, the instructions being configured to control activity of the client in transferring the file from the client to the mass storage system over the public network; means in the server for sending the instructions to the client in order to implement the transfer of the file from the client to the mass storage system; means in the server for storing a copy of the instructions in a data store in association with the file; means in the server for limiting a time within which the client can transfer the file to the mass storage system; and means in the client for implementing the instructions received from the server, the instructions being configured to control an operation of the client to facilitate the transfer of the file to the mass storage system, where the instructions indicate that the file is to be separated into a plurality of component files and encrypted according to an encryption algorithm.