Patent ID: 8126990

Claim:
A data storage system having a plurality of accounts for copying selected data files between one or more account user computers and a system computer, each account user computer having a storage device, a display and means for operative connection to the Internet, the data storage system comprising: the system computer having a system storage device with means for storing and selectively retrieving data files for each respective account, and file transfer software wherein the file transfer software is exclusively stored on the system computer; the system computer being operatively connected to the Internet and having means for the account users to access the system computer through a system website using a web browser; means for verifying account user identification for each account user computer seeking access to the system computer via the Internet wherein the account user identification comprises a code unique to and embedded in the account user computer; the system computer including means for scanning the storage device of a linked verified account user computer; the system computer including means for causing a list of data files stored on the linked account user computer storage device and a list of data files stored on the system computer storage device for the corresponding verified account to be displayed in the web browser on the linked account user computer display; means for receiving information indicating user selected data files from the list of data files stored on the linked verified account user computer storage device and the list of data files stored on the system computer storage device for the corresponding verified account; and means for downloading selected data files from the linked account user computer storage device to the system computer storage device for the corresponding verified account and uploading selected data files from the system computer storage device for the corresponding verified account to the linked account user computer storage device.