Hot desk device and method for hybrid environment

US12346855B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Prerana Dharmesh GAMBHIR · San Jose, US
• Prayank Mathur · Redmond, US
• Ashish Mehta · Tampa, US
• Kruthika Ponnusamy · Redmond, US
• Sandhya Rajendra Rao · Bellevue, US
• Sarah Sutton · Auburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 16, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2025
• Expiry date: May 19, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A shared computer device configured to receive a reservation request associated with a user at the shared computer device to reserve a predetermined period of time for usage of the shared computer device, receive an input from the user on the shared computer device during the predetermined period of time to sign in to and use the shared computer device to access and use a predetermined application, based on the signing in, downloading, from a server, predetermined personal information of the user stored in the server regarding the predetermined application and granting access to the user to use the predetermined application on the shared computer device during the predetermined period of time using the downloaded personal information of the user, and delete the personal information of the user from the shared computer device after the predetermined period of time expires.