Patent ID: 7865537
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A file sharing system including at least one or more information processing units and at least two or more storage apparatuses connected to said at least one or more information processing units via the Internet, and for storing files from said at least one or more information processing units in said storage apparatus and sharing said stored files with said at least one or more information processing units, said information processing unit comprising: a management table for at least managing privacy information containing a first account and a first path that identify a user creating a file; a registration unit for: said management table further including storage management information containing said second account and said second path; a file creation unit for creating said new file in said storage apparatus by using said second account and said second path registered in said management table: a shared processor for performing file sharing processing for sharing a file designated with said first account and said first path to said storage apparatus in which said file was created; a read unit for reading said file using said second account and said second path of said file from said storage apparatus based on processing of said shared processor; and a storage unit for creating a third account and a third path respectively associated with said second account and said second path, and storing said read file, said third account, and said third path in a storage apparatus that is different from said storage apparatus; wherein, upon requesting the sharing of a file, said storage unit adds explanatory information of said file by associating said explanatory information with the file designated with said third account and said third path.