Multi-user management process enabling user privacy for use in a network entertainment center
First Claim
1. An apparatus for accessing the Internet by multiple users comprising:
- a processor to execute a multi-user management process that uploads cached information to a predetermined server on the Internet when each user logs out and downloads cached information for each user when each user logs on; and
a browser application to access the Internet and including a plurality of user-specific settings and history being stored in the cached information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus enables accessing of the Internet by multiple users of a common device. Each user'"'"'s cached information is uploaded to a predetermined server as part of a log-off process. Each user'"'"'s cached information is also downloaded from the predetermined server as part of a log-on process. A processor in the common device executes a multi-user management process manages the users'"'"' cached information. The multi-user management process stores the user'"'"'s cached information in local memory upon downloading it from the predetermined server, thereby enabling a browser application to function as if customized by each user. The browser application retrieves the cached information stored in local memory and updates the cached information during its logon session with a particular user, thereby ensuring the cached information remains up to date.
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1. An apparatus for accessing the Internet by multiple users comprising:
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a processor to execute a multi-user management process that uploads cached information to a predetermined server on the Internet when each user logs out and downloads cached information for each user when each user logs on; and
a browser application to access the Internet and including a plurality of user-specific settings and history being stored in the cached information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for accessing a computer network by multiple users of a common device comprising:
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uploading user cached information for a particular user to a predetermined server on the computer network upon said particular user logging out; and
downloading user cached information for the particular user when said particular user logs in. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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23. A method for managing multiple users of a common device comprising:
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providing a predetermined server for storing user cache data;
uploading a first user'"'"'s cache data to the predetermined server when said first user logs off the common device; and
downloading a first user'"'"'s cache data from the predetermined server when saud first user logs on the common device.
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