Method and Apparatus for Associating User Identity

• US 20100125905A1
• Filed: 11/20/2008
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Samuels, John
• Granted Patent: US 10,489,053 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a processor configured to associate a first virtual screen with a first user identity receive input for transitioning from the first virtual screen to a second virtual screen, and associate the second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on the input is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to

associate a first virtual screen with a first user identity;

receive input for transitioning from said first virtual screen to a second virtual screen; and

associate said second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on said input.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said associating said first virtual screen with said first user identity comprises utilizing information related to said first user identity.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said associating said second virtual screen with said second user identity comprises utilizing information related to said second user identity

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to display information associated with said first virtual screen.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said displaying comprises utilizing a frame related to said first virtual screen to display at least part of said virtual screen.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to transition from said first virtual screen to said second virtual screen in response to said input.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein said transitioning comprises utilizing a frame related to said first virtual screen to display at least part of said virtual screen.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said user identity comprises a subscriber identity module.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said received input relates to touch display input.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said received input relates to a movement towards a virtual location of said second virtual screen to indicate said transition.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said received input relates to panning a frame beyond a boundary of said first virtual screen to indicate said transition.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said processor is further configured to disable said first user identity.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises at least one memory that contains executable instructions that if executed by the processor cause the apparatus to associate a first virtual screen with a first user identity, receive input indicating a transition from said first virtual screen to a second virtual screen, and associate said second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on said transition.

14. A method, comprising:

associating a first virtual screen with a first user identity;

receiving input for transitioning from said first virtual screen to a second virtual screen; and

associating said second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on said input.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said associating said first virtual screen with said first user identity comprises utilizing information related to said first user identity.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said associating said second virtual screen with said second user identity comprises utilizing information related to said second user identity.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying information associated with said first virtual screen.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising transitioning from said first virtual screen to said second virtual screen in response to said input.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein said user identity comprises a subscriber identity module.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein said received input relates to touch display input.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein said received input relates to a movement towards a virtual location of said second virtual screen to indicate said transition.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein said received input relates to panning a frame beyond a boundary of said first virtual screen to indicate said transition.

23. The method of claim 14, further comprising disabling said first user identity.

24. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for associating a first virtual screen with a first user identity

code for receiving input for transitioning from said first virtual screen to a second virtual screen; and

code for associating said second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on said transition.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein said associating said first virtual screen with said first user identity comprises utilizing information related to said first user identity.

26. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein said associating said second virtual screen with said second user identity comprises utilizing information related to said second user identity.

27. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:

associating a first virtual screen with a first user identity

receiving input for transitioning from said first virtual screen to a second virtual screen; and

associating said second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on said transition.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein said associating said first virtual screen with said first user identity comprises utilizing information related to said first user identity.

29. The computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein said associating said second virtual screen with said second user identity comprises utilizing information related to said second user identity.

30. An apparatus, comprising:

means for associating a first virtual screen with a first user identity;

means for receiving input for transitioning from said first virtual screen to a second virtual screen; and

means for associating said second virtual screen with a second user identity based at least in part on said input.