Patent ID: 8126988

Claim:
A method for dynamically identifying a publicly accessed computer, the method comprising the steps of: a computer generating a number of user profiles for a plurality of users associated with a browser on the computer; the computer identifying a number of unique user profiles in the number of user profiles for the plurality of users associated with the browser; the computer comparing the number of unique user profiles to a first preconfigured threshold; the computer determining whether the number of unique user profiles exceeds the first preconfigured threshold; the computer, responsive to a determination that the number of unique user profiles does not exceed the first preconfigured threshold, determining whether a ratio of new user profiles to existing user profiles associated with the browser exceeds a second preconfigured threshold; and the computer, responsive to a determination that the ratio of new user profiles to existing user profiles associated with the browser exceeds the second preconfigured threshold, identifying the computer as a publicly accessed computer.