Enforcement of role-based constraints on the modification of components of a multi-user aware computing device
US10915334B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/6218
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multi-user aware (“MUA”) computing device, such a communal computing device like an interactive digital whiteboard, can enforce role-based constraints on the modification of components, such as configuration settings. The MUA computing device can be configured with universal settings, global settings, and temporal settings. Universal settings cannot be changed by users of the MUA computing device. Device owners can change global settings that apply to all users of a MUA computing device. All users of the MUA computing device can change temporal settings. Changes to temporal settings are stored in profiles associated with authenticated users but are not persisted for guest users. When all users have stopped using the MUA computing device, the device can be configured with default values for the temporal settings in order to return the device to a known state.
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