Secure searchable and shareable remote storage system and method

A method for managing electronic data through a cloud storage system, comprising the steps of:

• providing at least one remote computer server having a processor and a nonvolatile memory, wherein that said at least one remote computer server is operatively connected to a computer network so as to communicate electronic files as electrical signals and adapted to store electronic files;
• providing an alpha local computer and a beta local computer, wherein said alpha local computer and beta local computer each have a processor and a non-volatile memory and each are adapted to communicate electronic files with said at least one remote computer server as electrical signals over said computer network;
• providing an alpha indexer module integral with the alpha local computer, wherein said alpha indexer module is operative to adapt the processor of the alpha local computer to compute an X file index entry, wherein the X file index entry corresponds to plaintext data of an X data file present on said alpha local computer;
• providing an alpha synchronizer module integral with the alpha local computer, wherein said alpha synchronizer module is operative to adapt the processor of the alpha local computer to encrypt the X file index entry;
• wherein said alpha synchronizer module is further operative to adapt the processor of the alpha local computer to transmit the X file index entry to the at least one remote computer server for storage once encrypted;
• providing a beta synchronizer module integral with the beta local computer, wherein said beta synchronizer module is operative to adapt the processor of the beta local computer to access and selectively decrypt the X file index entry stored on the remote computer server;
• and
• providing a beta searcher module integral with said beta local computer, wherein said beta searcher module is operative to adapt the processor of the beta local computer to search plaintext data in said decrypted X file index entry.

A method for managing a remote storage system for encrypted data files so that the data files are searchable and shareable, comprising the steps of:

• providing at least one remote computer server operative to receive and selectively avail electronic data over a computer network electronic data;
• associating an alpha local computer adapted to communicate electronic data over said computer network with a first user account on said at least one remote computer server and a beta local computer adapted to communicate electronic data over said computer network with the first user account on said at least one remote computer server;
• identifying on the alpha local computer a first data file having plaintext data;
• computing a first file index entry corresponding to the plaintext data of the first data file;
• uploading by said alpha local computer the first file index entry to at least one remote computer server, wherein the first file index entry is encrypted before being uploaded to the at least one remote computer server
• downloading and decrypting by said beta local computer the at least one of the X file index entry stored on the at least one remote computer server;
• and
• searching by said beta local computer plaintext data in said decrypted X file index entry.