Re-use of binaries for multiple user accounts

• US 9,268,782 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2015
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hackborn, Dianne Kyra, Stadler, Andrew Devron, Yamasani, Amith, Root, Kenneth
• Primary Examiner(s): Hashemi, Sana Al
• Application Number:
  US14/658,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186367A1
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 707/640, 707/661, 707/694, 707/704, 707/736
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/174 Redundancy elimination performed by the file system management of the data involved in backup or backup restore using de-duplication of the data G06F11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming

Abstract

A computing device has multiple user profiles. While a particular user profile is the currently-active user profile of a computing device, the computing device determines whether a binary that is not associated with the particular user profile is already stored at the computing device. In response to determining that the binary is not already stored at the computing device, the computing device downloads the binary from a computing system other than the computing device and associates the binary with the particular user profile. If the binary is already stored at the computing device, the computing device associates the binary with the particular user profile without downloading the binary again.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

while a particular user profile is a currently active profile of a computing device that is configured with a plurality of user profiles;

responsive to receiving an indication of user input to uninstall an application associated with a binary data set stored at the computing device;

disassociating, by the computing device, the binary data set from the particular user profile, wherein the plurality of user profiles include the particular user profile;

determining, by the computing device, whether the binary data set is associated with any of the plurality of user profiles; and

responsive to determining that the binary data set is not associated with any of the plurality of user profiles, automatically deleting, by the computing device, from the computing device, the binary data set.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving the indication of user input to uninstall the application and responsive to determining that the binary data set is associated with one or more user profiles of the plurality of user profiles, not deleting the binary data set.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular user profile is a first user profile and prior to disassociating the binary data set from the first user profile, the binary data set is already associated with one or more user profiles in the plurality of user profiles.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile comprises modifying, by the computing device, a database such that the database does not indicate that the binary data set is associated with the particular user profile.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising, while the particular user profile is the currently active profile of the computing device and prior to deletion of the binary data set, executing, by the computing device, instructions in the binary data set, wherein execution of the instructions in the binary data set configures the computing device to provide the application.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising

outputting, by the computing device, for display, and while the particular user profile is the currently active user profile, a user interface that includes a plurality of graphical elements that correspond to applications associated with the particular user profile,

wherein, prior to disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile, the plurality of graphical elements includes a graphical element that corresponds to the application and after disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile, the plurality of graphical elements does not include the graphical element that corresponds to the application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user interface is a first user interface, the plurality of graphical elements is a first plurality of graphical elements, and the method further comprises:

switching, by the computing device, the currently active user profile from being the particular user profile to being a second user profile, the second user profile not being associated with the binary data set; and

outputting, by the computing device, for display, and while the second user profile is the currently active user profile, a second user interface, the second user interface including a second plurality of graphical elements that correspond to applications whose binaries are associated with the second user profile, the second plurality of graphical elements not including the graphical element that corresponds to the application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device executes a same copy of the binary data set to provide the application, regardless of which user profile of the computing device is the currently active user profile.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating, by the computing device and for each user profile of the computing device associated with the binary data set, separate user data sets associated with the application.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein at least one user data set of the separate user data sets associated with the application comprises inter-personal messages.

11. A computing device that is configured with a plurality of user profiles, the computing device comprising one or more processors configured such that, while a particular user profile is a currently active profile of the computing device, the one or more processors:

responsive to receiving an indication of user input to uninstall an application associated with a binary data set stored at the computing device;

disassociate the binary data set from the particular user profile, wherein the plurality of user profiles include the particular user profile;

determine whether the binary data set is associated with any of the plurality of user profiles; and

responsive to determining that the binary data set is not associated with any of the plurality of user profiles, automatically delete, from the computing device, the binary data set.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are configured such that responsive to receiving the indication of user input to uninstall the application and responsive to determining that the binary data set is associated with one or more user profiles of the plurality of user profiles, the one or more processors do not delete the binary data set.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein, prior to deletion of the binary data set, the one or more processors are configured to execute instructions in the binary data set, wherein execution of the instructions in the binary data set causes the computing device to provide the application.

14. The computing device of claim 11,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to output, for display, and while the particular user profile is the currently active user profile of the computing device, a user interface that includes a plurality of graphical elements that correspond to applications associated with the particular user profile, and

wherein prior to disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile, the plurality of graphical elements include a graphical element that corresponds to the application and after disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile, the plurality of graphical elements does not include the graphical element that corresponds to the application.

15. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors execute a same copy of the binary data set to provide the application, regardless of which user profile of the computing device is the currently active user profile.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device that is configured with a plurality of user profiles, cause the computing device to:

while a particular user profile is a currently active profile of the computing device;

responsive to receiving an indication of user input to uninstall an application associated with a binary data set stored at the computing device;

disassociate the binary data set from the particular user profile, wherein the plurality of user profiles include the particular user profile;

determine whether the binary data set is associated with any of the plurality of user profiles; and

responsive to determining that the binary data set is not associated with any of the plurality of user profiles, automatically delete, from the computing device, the binary data set.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computing device such that responsive to receiving the indication of user input to uninstall the application and responsive to determining that the binary data set is associated with one or more user profiles of the plurality of user profiles, the computing device does not delete the binary data set.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computing device such that, prior to deletion of the binary data set, the computing device executes instructions in the binary data set, wherein execution of the instructions in the binary data set causes the computing device to provide the application.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16,

wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computing device to output, for display, and while the particular user profile is the currently active user profile of the computing device, a user interface that includes a plurality of graphical elements that correspond to applications associated with the particular user profile, and

wherein prior to disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile, the plurality of graphical elements include a graphical element that corresponds to the application and after disassociating the binary data set from the particular user profile, the plurality of graphical elements does not include the graphical element that corresponds to the application.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the computing device to execute a same copy of the binary data set to provide the application, regardless of which user profile of the computing device is the currently active user profile.