Patent ID: 7685248
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: in a user system having a user interface, the user system configured to communicate with a network of interconnected computer system nodes, sending a request, initiated from the user interface, from the user system to store at least one data item on the network of interconnected computer system nodes; sending the at least one data item to a node in the network of interconnected computer system nodes; and controlling at least one function, via the user interface, of storage of the at least one data item in the network of interconnected computer system nodes, wherein in response to the request from the user system the at least one data item is continuously forwarded among the nodes in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium in the network, the forwarded at least one data item being constantly routed within the network from node to node, and each of the forwarded at least one data item being available for retrieval if a request to retrieve the data is received, and wherein the user interface is configured to display information regarding file storage in the network of interconnected computer system nodes.