Patent ID: 8676973
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a computer; a multi-user web browser stored on the computer, accessible by a plurality of users within a single operating system account on the computer; a plurality of browser user accounts for the multi-user web browser for each of the plurality of users, each browser user account storing information about a user's use of the multi-user web browser; a browser management control, wherein the browser management control is started by a browser account administrator, wherein the browser account administrator is logged into the single operating system account as the administrator, wherein the browser account administrator uses a stand-alone application separate from the multi-user web browser to choose settings to apply to each of the plurality of browser user accounts, then closes the browser account management control and stand-alone application, then logs out of the single operating system account as the administrator, then logs into the single operating system account as a default user before starting the multi-user web browser; a secure directory on the computer to store each of the plurality of browser user accounts separately from other browser user accounts, wherein the secure directory prevents access to non-administrator users of the computer; a browser user name for each browser user account; and a password associated with each of the browser user names.