Portable computer accounts
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1. A method, comprising:
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detecting an external storage medium operatively coupled to the host device, wherein the external storage medium is configured to store a portable account comprising portable account information, and the portable account information comprises;
a home directory of the portable account,authentication information of the portable account, anda user profile of the portable account;
determining whether the portable account stored in the external storage medium is safe for the host device;
when the portable account stored in the external storage medium is determined to be safe;
adding the portable account to a local directory database of the host device,displaying, via a login user interface presented on a display screen of the host device,-the portable account for login of a user, andadding a hash of a password associated with the portable account to the host device;
receiving, from the user of the host device, an input for logging in the portable account via the login user interface; and
responsive to the input, logging in the user with the user profile of the portable account and designating the home directory of the portable account as stored on the external storage medium as a home directory of the user.
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Abstract
User accounts, authentication information and user home directories are stored on an external storage media that can be transferred from one device to another. Measures are included for detecting tampering of stored information and for preventing possibly conflicting or damaging account and file information from entering a host device.
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1. A method, comprising:
at a host device; detecting an external storage medium operatively coupled to the host device, wherein the external storage medium is configured to store a portable account comprising portable account information, and the portable account information comprises; a home directory of the portable account, authentication information of the portable account, and a user profile of the portable account; determining whether the portable account stored in the external storage medium is safe for the host device; when the portable account stored in the external storage medium is determined to be safe; adding the portable account to a local directory database of the host device, displaying, via a login user interface presented on a display screen of the host device,-the portable account for login of a user, and adding a hash of a password associated with the portable account to the host device; receiving, from the user of the host device, an input for logging in the portable account via the login user interface; and responsive to the input, logging in the user with the user profile of the portable account and designating the home directory of the portable account as stored on the external storage medium as a home directory of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A host computer system, comprising:
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an input device; a display device; a local directory database; a network interface configured to receive an external storage media; and a processor configured to; determine whether a portable account stored in the external storage media is safe for the host computer system, wherein the portable account is associated with a user registered with a network server, and the portable account is created based on a network account associated with the user; when the portable account stored in the external storage media is determined to be safe; add the portable account to the local directory database, display, via a login user interface presented via the display device, the portable account for login of the user, and add a hash of a password associated with the portable account to the host computer system; receive, from the user of the host computer system, an input for logging in the portable account via the login user interface; and authenticating the user for logging in the portable account. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing a portable account for a user registered with a network server, the method comprising:
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at a host computer system; locating a portable account stored in an external storage media operatively coupled to the host computer system; determining whether the portable account stored in the external storage media is safe for the host computer system; when the portable account stored in the external storage media is determined to be safe; adding the portable account to a local directory database of the host computer system, displaying the portable account via a login user interface presented on a display screen of the host computer system, and adding a hash of a password associated with the portable account to the host computer system; receiving, from a user of the host computer system, an input for logging in the portable account via the login user interface; and authenticating the user for logging in the portable account. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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