Patent ID: 7761574

Claim:
A method for storing digital audio and video media files in a system having a computer server that is in communication with a means for storing said media files, and that is in communication with at least two users having computing devices, said method comprising: creating a directory structure on said storage means for hierarchically organizing said digital media and other data files; generating in said directory structure a User Directory that corresponds to each said at least two users that is capable of accessing said media files, and through which one of said at least two users can store actual digital media files; capturing and rendering of media files of a predetermined format into said directory structure, and storing said media files in one or more single sub-directory levels below an isolated root level of said directory structure; automatically creating for each subdirectory of said isolated route level directory structure, a corresponding symbolic link to the actual sub-directory location for one or more other individual independent users, and placing said links inside each other's corresponding User Directory, and, re-naming said symbolic links to the actual sub-directory locations of said other individual independent users to a name different from the directory where the actual digital media files are stored; whereby, via said links, a user is permitted indirect access to all actual digital media files that are stored in the directory on said storage means, while making said digital media files appear to be located in a directory that is a different name from the directory where the actual digital media files are stored.