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Multiuser web service sign-in client side components

US8458775B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Erren Dusan Lester · Renton, US
Lynn C. Ayres · Redmond, US
Trevin Chow · Redmond, US
Kok Wai Chan · Redmond, US
Rui Chen · Chengdu, CN
Naresh Jain · Hyderabad, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2006
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of multi-user web service sign-in client side components are presented herein. In an implementation, the currently authenticated user account of a first application of a client is transferred to another application of a client. In another implementation, a common credential store is used to share data for a plurality of user accounts associated with a client between a plurality of applications of the client, and for the applications to output multi-user interfaces having portions corresponding to the plurality of accounts.

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