Client integrated artwork/file repository system

A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer medium coupled with a processor, the computer program product executable to:

• store, in the non-transitory computer readable medium, a data structure comprising metadata identifying each file in a set of files and at least one file classifier associated therewith, each file classifier identifying an attribute or classification of an associated file;
• and
• store a set of classifiers for each user account in a set of user accounts stored in the data structure, each user account classifier identifying an attribute or classification of an associated user account;
• wherein the file classifiers and user account classifiers are unstructured, free-form or arbitrary;
• wherein the computer program product is further operable to:
• communicate with one or more user computers over the network, wherein a communication received from the one or more user computers comprises a request to add or modify a file by a user associated with a user account in the set of user accounts;
• and
• compare the at least one file classifier associated with the requested file to the set of account classifiers for the user requesting to add or modify the file,
• wherein, for each of the set of account classifiers which matches a file classifier, the user accounts associated with the matching account classifier will be allowed to add or modify the file associated with the matching file classifier, wherein access allows the user associated with a matching account classifier to add the file or modify the file in a file repository in the file sharing system.

A method for file sharing over a network, comprising:

• storing, in a non-transitory computer readable medium, a data structure comprising metadata identifying each file in a set of files and at least one file classifier associated therewith, each file classifier identifying an attribute or classification of an associated file;
• and
• storing a set of classifiers for each user account in a set of user accounts stored in the data structure, each user account classifier identifying an attribute or classification of an associated user account;
• wherein the file classifiers and user account classifiers are unstructured, free-form or arbitrary;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• communicating with one or more user computers over the network, wherein a communication received from the one or more user computers comprises a request to add or modify a file by a user associated with a user account in the set of user accounts;
• and
• comparing the at least one file classifier associated with the requested file to the set of account classifiers for the user requesting to add or modify the file,
• wherein, for each of the set of account classifiers which matches a file classifier, the user accounts associated with the matching account classifier will be allowed to add or modify the file associated with the matching file classifier, wherein access allows the user associated with a matching account classifier to add the file or modify the file in a file repository in the file sharing system.