Patent ID: 7197537

Claim:
A system for providing remote control of data directory structures across at least one communications network, comprising: a computer server, said computer server coupled to said communications network; a remote data directory structure management computing application, said remote data directory structure management computing application operating on said computer server to process received requests for remote data directory management of desired data residing in directory structures by participating users and authenticating and honoring said requests, the remote data directory management computing application providing control to participating users over the communications network of data directory structures and associated data, wherein said control over the communications network of data directory structures comprises the ability to modify and create new data directory structures, and request data to email to a selected email address; and a profile data store comprising information relating to the data and data directory structures accessible to each of the participating users and email address delivery information for each of the participating users, wherein the profile data store is queried for the data directory structures accessible to each of the participating users, wherein a single directory structure from among a plurality of the data directory structures associated with the profile data store is selected by each of the participating users for modification, and wherein the email address delivery information comprises a delivery confirmation email address and the selected email address, the remote data directory structure management computing application determining if user requested data is accessible based on the information in the profile data store and, if so, delivering the user requested data to the selected email address and sending a confirmation of the delivery to the delivery confirmation email address.