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Associating computing devices with common credentials

US8938788B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Brian L. McNeil · Kirkland, US
Michael G. Sheldon · Seattle, US
Steve Seixeiro · Snohomish, US
Ramkumar Ramasubramanian · Bellevue, US
Jerry K. Koh · Redmond, US
Anshul Rawat · Kirkland, US
Andrew V. Davidson · Kirkland, US
Daniel Oliver · Seattle, US
Michael D. McCormack · Plano, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 2013
Grant date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0815
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and computer storage media for sharing resources between a plurality of computing devices associated with a common non-enterprise network. A common set of credentials is stored on at least two or more of a plurality of computing devices that reside behind a routing device and are associated through a common non-enterprise network. Upon storing the common set of credentials, each of the two or more of a plurality of computing devices create a local account that contains, at least, the common set of credentials. The common set of credentials allow for the sharing, among the two or more of the plurality of computing devices, of resource that reside on or are associated with the computing devices.

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