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Managing user data for software services

A software service, user technology, applied in the direction of digital data protection, digital data authentication, electronic digital data processing, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2017-05-10
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0012] As offering software as a cloud service becomes commonplace, users increasingly expect software that provides a consistent experience across devices. In particular, users may expect their data (eg, documents, images, etc.) to be available on any device, and may expect any personalized data (eg, user-specific settings) to be available across devices. These types of data are sensitive and should be protected. One way to protect data is through passwords, but this is inconvenient for the user when each service the user subscribes to requires him or her to generate, remember, and manage new passwords.

[0013] One way to avoid the use of passwords is to deliver data to the device in an encrypted form, where the decryption key can be easily retrieved or calculated from the biometric data that the user voluntarily provides in exchange for the convenience of not having to use a password sex. For example, a user may be given a fingerprint sample and metrics may be generated b...

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User-specific data for use with a software service may be stored in an encrypted form, where the encryption and / or decryption keys used are associated with a user's biometric data (that the user voluntarily provides after appropriate disclosure, to protect the user's interest in privacy). When the user uses the software service on a device, the device may receive the user-specific data in an encrypted form, and then may use the biometric data to retrieve or generate the cryptographic key that is used to decrypt the user-specific data. The user-specific data is then decrypted and used on the device with the software service.

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Background technique [0001] As it becomes more common to deliver software as a cloud service, users often expect a consistent experience across their various devices. Users often expect all of their data (eg, documents, images, etc.) to be available on all of their devices. Users may also have data (eg, settings files) that represent personalization of the software experience, and users may expect this personalization data to be available across devices. [0002] To protect the privacy interests of users, when sensitive data or user-specific data is stored and delivered to various devices, the issue of protecting data may arise. One way to protect data is through the use of passwords. However, letting the user choose a new password to protect data creates the inconvenience for the user to remember the password, and it is likely that the user already has several passwords to remember for their various accounts. Contents of the invention [0003] User-specific data for clou...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F21/32G06F21/62H04L9/08H04L9/32H04L29/06
CPCG06F21/32G06F21/6245H04L9/0866H04L9/3231H04L63/0861H04L63/0428
Inventor B·施勒辛格G·卡什坦
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC