Patent ID: 6615244
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of archiving data files from a client to an archive server, comprising the steps of:a. initiating, by the client, a connection to a global computer network and automatically activating only as an incident of this connection a back-up function in the client; b. creating, by the back-up function, a first data record having at least one file-name and date-stamp of the data file in the client, connecting to the archive server on the global computer network, and sending the first data record; c. receiving, by the archive server, the first data record, therein an archive server function comparing with files already present in the server, creating a second data record having at least one file-name and date-stamp of a data file not in the archive server, and sending the second data record to the client.