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Application with multiple operation modes

  • US 10,476,885 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2016
  • Issued: 11/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, from a user, a selection for an application of a plurality of applications on a computing device;

    determining, based on an account used within the selected application, a first context for the user selected application;

    determining a second context for the user selected application based on an operational parameter of the computing device;

    selecting, in response to determining that the first context has priority over the second context, for the user selected application, an operation mode associated with the first context from a plurality of operation modes for the user selected application, wherein the plurality of operation modes comprises at least an unmanaged mode and a managed mode; and

    executing the user selected application in the selected operation mode on the computing device, wherein the user selected application executes in the unmanaged mode in a first partition of the operating system of the computing device and accesses application data stored in a first container in the first partition and the user selected application executes in the managed mode in a second partition of the operating system of the computing device that is separate from the first partition and accesses application data stored in a second container in the second partition.

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