A distributed group activity network system and corresponding method over a computer
network. It synchronizes and provides access by system users to shared data files
of a group activity. The distributed group activity network system comprises one
or more server computers and client computers that are connected to the server
computer(s) by network connections. Each of the server computers comprises a network
server and a memory system. The network server runs on the server computer and
provides basic network services that are available at the server computer. The
memory systems of the server computers store synchronization files and shared data
files of the group activity. Each of the client computers comprises a memory system
and a system module running on the client computer. The system modules of the client
computers use the memory systems of the client computers and the available basic
network services at the server computer(s) to synchronize and provide access to
the shared data files by the system users by also using the memory systems of the
client computers and the available basic network services at the server computer(s)
to synchronize access to and access the synchronization files.
