Patent ID: 6212512
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for protecting, tracking, and retrieving data on a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:(a) connecting a database to an existing operating system and to existing file management software on said computer system;(b) selecting at least one file to be protected from a primary storage device in said computer system;(c) copying said at least one file from said primary storage device to a secondary storage device in said computer system by activating said existing file management software to perform said copying;(d) creating at least one database record when copying said at least one file from said primary storage device to said secondary storage device, wherein said at least one database record contains tracking information about said at least one file and about said copying;(e) storing said at least one database record in said database; and(f) displaying said at least one database record, through a user interface for said existing file management software on a screen display in a graphics display device of said computer system, wherein said at least one database record is displayed graphically as a virtual file representing said at least one file.