Patent ID: 8554932

Claim:
A computer implemented data exchange management system for managing data exchange between a data storage facility and communicating entities, the data exchange management system comprising: a stored data exchange profile for each communicating entity, said stored data exchange profile stored in computer memory and containing at least data exchange preferences; a request handler for handling receipt of data exchange requests from the communicating entities, the request handler accessing a relevant stored data exchange profile for a requesting communicating entity, and handling data exchange requests for export of stored data and data exchange requests for import of data for storage in the data storage facility in accordance with at least the data exchange preferences of the relevant data exchange profile; a formatting engine for formatting data using a processor in accordance with at least the data exchange preferences of the relevant data exchange profile, the formatting engine following encryption, digital management and authentication rules related to the relevant data exchange profile, and said formatting engine formatting metadata in accordance with the relevant data exchange profile; a transcoding engine for complying with compression guidelines set forth in the data exchange profile; activity monitoring engine for enabling viewing of data exchange activity; reconciliation and reporting engine for reconciling exchanges in system records and generating exchange reports; a delivery engine for delivering the data to a destination in accordance with at least the data exchange preferences of relevant data exchange profile; and a logical data exchange management system for managing requests related to storage of data in the virtual industry archives.