Creating distinct user spaces through user identifiers
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1. A method of creating distinct user accounts, comprising:
- in a platform originally designed to accommodate a single user account, via a processor;
segmenting the platform into multiple user accounts, wherein such segmenting comprises;
assigning to a first application associated with a first user account a first user identifier (UID) unique to the first user account and the first application;
assigning to a second application associated with a second user account a second UID unique to the second user account and the second application;
assigning a first range of unique UIDs to the first user account, wherein the first unique UID assigned to the first user account and the first application is from the first range of unique UIDs; and
assigning a second range of unique UIDs to the second user account, wherein the second unique UID assigned to the second user account and the second application is from the second range of unique 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 accounts, comprising:
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in a platform originally designed to accommodate a single user account, via a processor; segmenting the platform into multiple user accounts, wherein such segmenting comprises; assigning to a first application associated with a first user account a first user identifier (UID) unique to the first user account and the first application; assigning to a second application associated with a second user account a second UID unique to the second user account and the second application; assigning a first range of unique UIDs to the first user account, wherein the first unique UID assigned to the first user account and the first application is from the first range of unique UIDs; and assigning a second range of unique UIDs to the second user account, wherein the second unique UID assigned to the second user account and the second application is from the second range of unique UIDs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of creating distinct user accounts on a computing device, comprising:
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assigning a first range of unique UIDs to a first user account; assigning to a first application associated with the first user account a first UID unique to the first user account and the first application, wherein the first unique UID is selected from the first range of unique UIDs; assigning a second range of unique UIDs to a second user account; and assigning to a second application associated with the second user account a second UID unique to the second user account and the second application, wherein the second unique UID is selected from the second range of unique UIDs; wherein assigning the first and second range of unique UIDs enables data associated with the first user account to be isolated from data associated with the second user account. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computing device, comprising:
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one or more data storage elements; and a processor configured to cause data to be stored to the data storage element, wherein the processor is further configured to; cause a first range of unique UIDs to be assigned to a first user account created on the computing device; cause a first application associated with the first user account to be assigned a first UID unique to the first user account and the first application, wherein the first unique UID is from the first range of unique UIDs assigned to the first user account; cause a second range of unique UIDs to be assigned to a second user account created on the computing device; and cause a second application associated with the second user account to be assigned a second UID unique to the second user account and the second application, wherein the second unique UID is from the second range of unique UIDs assigned to the second user account; wherein assignment of the first and second range of unique UIDs enables data associated with the first user account that is stored on the data storage element to be isolated from data associated with the second user account that is stored on the data storage element. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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