Patent ID: 8074226

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a request at a computer to switch from a current Internet context that is associated with both a first user identity and a current globally unique user identifier (guid) to a new Internet context that corresponds to a second user identity, the request including a new guid associated with the new Internet context, the current Internet context and the new Internet context including cookie data and history data corresponding to the first user identity and the second user identity, the current Internet context and the new Internet context being executable on the computer to receive content at the computer from another computer over a network, and the current Internet context and the new Internet context configured to share a common directory that includes shared web page data that is used by both the first user identity and the second user identity and switching from the current Internet context to the new Internet context that is associated with the new guid without processes associated with the first user identity being shutdown, the switching further comprising setting one or more pointers to reference one or more directories uniquely associated with the new guid.