Patent ID: 6879988

Claim:
A system for managing and manipulating computer archive files that are in a .ZIP format, the system comprising: a software utility program library that integrates as a callable program module into existing file management software programs installed on a computer, the software utility program library including: a user interface integrated into the file manager software programs' user interface interfacing with a central directory; a file manager interfacing with archive files and data object files for opening, viewing and modifying archive files and data object files, extracting and adding data to archive files and data object files, and creating new archive files and data object files; and a compression/extraction engine interfacing with the file manager for compressing, extracting, authenticating, encrypting and decrypting archive files and data object files; accessing the software utility program library to manage and manipulate archive files stored in computer memory without leaving the file management application program's menus toolbars, and/or drag and drop operators.