Creating distinct user spaces through user identifiers
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1. A method of creating distinct user spaces, comprising:
- in a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users;
via a processor, assigning to a first application used by the user a user identifier (UID) unique to the user and the first application;
associating the first UID with user data exclusively associated with the user and the first application to create a multi-user platform; and
allocating to the user a range of UIDs, wherein the first UID is selected from the range of UIDs.
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Abstract
A method of, and a processing system for, creating distinct user spaces. In a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users, a first application used by the user can be assigned a user identifier (UID) unique to the user and the first application. The first UID can be associated with user data exclusively associated with the user and the first application to create a multi-user platform.
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1. A method of creating distinct user spaces, comprising:
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in a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users; via a processor, assigning to a first application used by the user a user identifier (UID) unique to the user and the first application; associating the first UID with user data exclusively associated with the user and the first application to create a multi-user platform; and allocating to the user a range of UIDs, wherein the first UID is selected from the range of UIDs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A processing system, comprising:
a processor configured to, in a platform originally intended to be a single user platform, for each of a plurality of users; assign to a first application used by the user a first user identifier (UID) unique to the user and the first application; associate the first UID with user data exclusively associated with the user and the first application to create a multi-user platform; and allocate to the user a range of UIDs, wherein the first UID is selected from the range of UIDs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of creating distinct user spaces, comprising:
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in a platform originally intended to be a single user platform in which applications are assigned unique user identifiers (UID), via a processor, assigning a first unique UID to a first user and a first application to be used by a first user; and via the processor, assigning a second unique UID to a second user and a second application to be used by a second user, wherein the assignment of the first and second UIDs isolates user data associated with the first application and the first user from user data associated with the second application and the second user and results in a multi-user platform; assigning a first range of unique UIDs to the first user, wherein the first unique UID assigned to the first user and the first application is from the first range of unique UIDs; and assigning a second range of unique UIDs to the second user, wherein the second unique UID assigned to the second user and the second application is from the second range of unique UIDs. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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