Patent ID: 7917521

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: storing at least one of user information and browser information in a first configuration file in a first file format associated with a first browser application; storing at least one of user information and browser information in a second configuration file in a second file format associated with a second browser application, wherein the first browser application and the second browser application are different browser applications; recognizing a change in at least one of the user information and the browser information in the first configuration file; in response to recognizing the change, synchronizing the first configuration file for the first browser application with the second configuration file for the second browser application by: converting the changed at least one of the user information and the browser information in the first file format to the second file format associated with the second browser application; and updating the second configuration file with the changed at least one of the user information and the browser information in the second file format; and in response to starting the second browser application, setting a user and browser state using the user information and the browser information in the second configuration file.