j2 Global IP Assigned Patent

j2 Global IP Limited, Santry, Dublin, Ireland, has been assigned a patent (10,516,674) developed by Sayed, Saheeq, Kondzielewska, Karolina, and, Eikenberry, John, London, Great Britain, for “method and systems for virtual file storage and encryption.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”The present invention discloses an intelligent cloud server for cloud storage information management and encryption. In some embodiments, the intelligent cloud server can save and store documents without the need of first saving them in a local drive for upload. Upon storage, the document can be scanned and classified in a security level according to pre-determined settings and parameters. In some embodiments, depending on the classification, the system can encrypt portions of the document in order to facilitate the sharing and access of information in a secure way. Encryption keys and access to the encrypted portions are only provided upon authentication of the user, network, and/or need, according to corresponding protocols for the information.”

The patent application was filed on February 10, 2016 (15/548,076).