Patent ID: 8707023
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for uploading data from a customer system to a hosted system, the system comprising: a stub integrated with a firewall between the customer system and the hosted system, the stub including an inbound layer on the customer system side of the firewall and an outbound layer on the hosted system side of the firewall, the inbound layer and the outbound layer of the stub comprised of a directory, each directory being formed of a plurality of folders, and each folder being associated with a corresponding folder in the other of the inbound layer or the outbound layer, the directory of the inbound layer comprising a write-only directory; and a demon connected between the inbound layer and the outbound layer of the stub, the demon being configured to recognize newly received data in the write-only directory of the inbound layer by scanning the inbound layer, encrypt the newly received data to generate encrypted data, and move the encrypted data to the outbound layer for access by the hosted system.