Patent ID: 7707188

Claim:
A method for automatically archiving a plurality of data files between a central data processing facility configured to receive the plurality of data files and a data archival facility connected to the central data processing facility and configured to archive the plurality of data files, the method comprising: a) responsive to receiving an archive session request, validating the plurality of data files associated with the archive session request by verifying the data of each of the files; b) responsive to a successful validation of the archive session request, transmitting the validated data files from the central data processing facility to the data archival facility; c) responsive to receiving the validated data files at the data archival facility, validating the received data files for archiving; and d) responsive to a successful validation of the received data files, archiving the received data files; and wherein the validation in step a) of the received archive session request transmitting and the transmitting of the validated files in step b) and the validation in step c) of the data files after transmitting are all performed before archiving the data files.