SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE PERSONA ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method for accessing a mobile persona environment on a client device, the client device having an operating system and a file system for storing persona environment data, the method comprising:
- accessing a persona reference object to obtain a pointer to a persona container on a network connected server, the persona container having persona environment data;
pointing a portion of the persona environment data of the file system to the persona container of the network connected server identified by the pointer; and
directing the operating system to access network connected server to activate the mobile persona environment.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for providing a mobile persona environment hosted by a network accessible server that can be activated by network connected client device. The client device points the portion of its file system used by the operating system to configure the desktop environment to a persona container hosted by the server. The persona container includes user data, applications and operating system settings or policies that are used to configure the operating system of the client device to provide the mobile persona environment. The client device obtains user profile information and connection information from a persona reference object stored on the client device. Applications are executed locally on the client device while the data remains secure in the network accessible server.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for accessing a mobile persona environment on a client device, the client device having an operating system and a file system for storing persona environment data, the method comprising:
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accessing a persona reference object to obtain a pointer to a persona container on a network connected server, the persona container having persona environment data; pointing a portion of the persona environment data of the file system to the persona container of the network connected server identified by the pointer; and directing the operating system to access network connected server to activate the mobile persona environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A client device for accessing a mobile persona environment, the client device comprising
an operating system having a file system for storing persona environment data that defines the mobile persona environment, including applications, settings and user data; -
mobile persona application for accessing a persona reference object to obtain a pointer to a persona container on a network connected server, the persona container having persona environment data, the mobile persona application pointing the persona environment data of the file system to the persona container of the network connected server, and the mobile persona application directing the operating system to access network connected server to activate the mobile persona environment; and a processor and memory for executing and storing instructions of the operating system and mobile persona application.
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