Patent ID: 7231640
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising: a. running a first application and a second application on a computer system using a current identity of a user of the computer system, the current identity defining a plurality of work-environment settings, the current identity being used by both the first application and the second application, the current identity being a first identity, the first and second applications running substantially simultaneously on a multitasking computer system; b. receiving a request to change the current identity; c. obtaining permission from the first application and the second application to change the current identity; and d. changing the current identity so that the first application uses a second identity rather than the first identity without closing the first application, and so that the second application uses the second identity rather than the first identity without closing the second application.