Patent ID: 8280979

Claim:
A computer memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a client device to: receive user submitted input through a user interface on the client device, designate, based on the user submitted input, the client device as a public machine prior to user authentication; remove a plurality of web service account descriptions stored for the client device corresponding to web service accounts with a plurality of service providers, the web service account descriptions being locally generated and used to generate a login user interface having at least one portion corresponding to each web service account of the web service accounts, the web service account descriptions being accessible to the client device to output the login user interface and selectable to cause authentication of the client device to the each web service account; prevent the client device from storing web service account descriptions; store a public machine designation in a browser readable object associated with the client device, the public machine designation being generated by the client device, the storing the public machine designation enabling the client device to prevent storing web service account descriptions until the public machine designation is deselected; and disable a remember option for authentication data for the web service accounts with the plurality of web service providers.