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Method and apparatus rendering user accounts portable

  • US 7,246,226 B1
  • Filed: 08/29/2006
  • Issued: 07/17/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for establishing portable user accounts for users on a multi-user computer system, said method comprising:

  • receiving account information for a first user;

    producing a first account record based on at least the account information for the first user;

    storing the first account record to a portable data store, the portable data store being separate and apart from the multi-user computer system yet operatively connectable with the multi-user computer system;

    creating a default folder for the first user on the external data store;

    receiving account information for a second user;

    producing a second account record based on at least the account information for the first user;

    storing the second account record on a local data store within the multi-user computer system; and

    creating a default folder for the second user on the local data store.

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