Patent ID: 6944822

Claim:
A method for providing textual information in a network environment, the method comprising: receiving at a server connected to a network from a computer terminal connected to said network, a request via said network for text-editable data; determining whether said text-editable data is stored in a first storage area of said server that is inaccessible to said computer terminal, or in a second storage area of said server that is accessible to said computer terminal; if said determining determines that said text-editable data is stored in the first storage area, then: converting said text-editable data into non-text-editable data on line upon receiving said request; and sending said non-text-editable data via said network from said server to said computer terminal; and if said determining determines that said text-editable data is stored in the second storage area, then: sending said text-editable data via said network from said server to said computer terminal, thereby enabling the server to securely store the text-editable data in the first storage area by conditionally converting the text-editable data into non-text-editable data and by sending the non-text-editable data instead of the text-editable data when a request is received for the text-editable data.