HYPERVISOR FOR MANAGING A DEVICE HAVING DISTINCT VIRTUAL PORTIONS

• US 20090325562A1
• Filed: 06/25/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hough, Paul J., Ozzie, Raymond E., Curtis, Pavel, Gupta, Anoop, Czerwinski, Mary P.
• Application Number:
  US12/145,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20090325562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724

Abstract

A single device can be compartmentalized into two or more virtual portions, wherein each virtual portion is associated with a user role. Each virtual portion can retain information, communications, resources, and/or functions separate from the other virtual portions. As a user changes roles, a different virtual portion can be accessed (automatically and/or manually) in order to maintain separation or confidentiality among the portions and associated roles. In such a manner, a user can utilize a single device for multiple roles.

Claims

1. A system for administrating virtual classifications on a single device, comprising:

a partition component that divides a device into at least two virtual portions, each virtual portion corresponds to a different user role;

a segregation component that isolates each of the at least two virtual portions; and

an oscillation component that selectively alternates between the at least two virtual portions.

2. The system of claim 1, the segregation component facilitates changes to one of the at least two virtual portions without affecting the other portion.

3. The system of claim 1, the oscillation component alternates between the at least two virtual portions based in part on a function, communication, resource, or combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, the oscillation component alternates between the at least two virtual portions based on a user request.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a conformance component that evaluates an input as a function of a rule or a policy; and

a routing component that directs the input to one of the at least two virtual portions based on the evaluation.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a lock module that can be configured to restrict access to one of the at least two virtual portions based on a manual input.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising an observation module that monitors activities of a user to ascertain the different user roles.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transition module that observes activities and notifies the oscillation component to implement a change between the at least two virtual portions.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an observation module that monitors activities of a user and deletes a virtual portion that is no longer utilized.

10. The system of claim 1, the partition component adds at least third virtual portion based on observing behavior relating to a role not associated with the at least two virtual portions.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprises a machine learning and reasoning component that automates one or more functions of system.

12. A method, comprising:

dividing a device into a first virtual portion and at least a second virtual portion;

allocating each portion to a different user role;

segregating the first virtual portion from the at least a second virtual portion; and

selectively transitioning between the first virtual portion and the at least a second virtual portion.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an input intended for one of the different user roles;

determining an intended role;

associating the intended role with an associated virtual portion; and

retaining the input in the associated virtual portion.

14. The method of claim 13, determining the intended role is based on parameters associated with the input.

15. The method of claim 13, determining the intended role is based on a rule or policy.

16. The method of claim 12, selectively transitioning between the first virtual portion and the at least a second virtual portion comprises receiving a manual input that specifies the change.

17. The method of claim 12, selectively transitioning between the first virtual portion and the at least a second virtual portion comprises:

observing a user behavior; and

determining that the user has changed roles based on the observed behavior.

18. The method of claim 12, segmenting the device into a first virtual portion an at least a second virtual portion is based on a manual request, on observed behavior, or combinations thereof.

19. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon the following computer executable components:

means for dividing a single device into a plurality of virtual portions;

means for associating each of the plurality of virtual portions with a different user role;

means for accepting an input intended for at least one of the different user roles;

means for applying the accepted input to the virtual portion associated with the intended user role; and

means for selectively rendering the accepted input.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

means for monitoring a user activity; and

means for changing from an active virtual portion to one of the plurality of virtual portions.