Patent ID: 8122490

Claim:
A method for automatically transferring a data file from a network drive of a client controlled local area network to a transfer server over the Internet, the method comprising the steps of: using a first workstation coupled to the client controlled local area network to establish a secure connection over the Internet with the transfer server and configure event parameters within event tables of the transfer server; storing an unattended interface module on a second workstation coupled to the client controlled local area network, wherein the unattended interface module being executed by a processor of the second workstation to perform the following steps: obtain, from the transfer server, the event parameters stored in the event tables, the event parameters comprising: a file name, the file name identifying the name of the data file to be uploaded; and a directory path, the directory path identifying an upload directory of the network drive of the client controlled local area network; periodically searching the upload directory and, upon locating a data file in the upload directory with the file name, transferring the data file to the transfer server over a secure connection established with the transfer server over the internet.