Patent ID: 8185605

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a selection of a target device that is accessible to a user at a local device, wherein the target device has an associated profile identifying which users are authorized to access the target device, which local devices are authorized for use by each user to access the target device, and which one or more applications on the target device are accessible to each user; determining, based on the profile associated with the target device, that the user is authorized to access the target device; determining, based on the profile associated with the target device, that the local device is authorized for use by the user to access the target device; for the target device, displaying an indication of each of the one or more applications on the target device that are accessible to the authorized user at the authorized local device; receiving a selection of an application of the one or more applications that are accessible on the target device; in response to the selection of the application, permitting access to particular content based on a determination that the content is associated with the selected application, wherein the particular content is located on the target device, while preventing access to other content based on a determination that the other content is not associated with the selected application, wherein the other content is also located on the target device; remotely accessing the particular content on the target device by the local device, wherein the profile associated with the target device identifies a predetermined number of times that the particular content on the target device may be accessed, and restricting access to the particular content after the content has been accessed the predetermined number of times.