Dynamic Multi-User Login Session Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing operating systems and web services typically provide user experiences customized for individual users, limiting access to data associated with a single user-account, and do not efficiently facilitate multi-user login sessions where multiple users need to access and share data simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allow a computing device to establish a single-user login session and then convert it to a multi-user login session by accepting further logins from additional user-accounts, enabling read and write access to data associated with multiple user-accounts, allowing simultaneous access and editing of emails, calendar entries, and browser histories across multiple user-accounts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single-user login session is established, then access to user data is secured and customized for one user, but multiple users cannot simultaneously access and collaborate on data
Solution Approach 1:
The login session is designed to be dynamic, transitioning from a static single-user state to a multi-user state. The system allows the session to adapt its user profile and data access rights in real-time based on which users are currently logged in, enabling both security and multi-user collaboration.
Solution Approach 2:
The login session serves multiple functions: it provides customized user profiles for individual users while also enabling multi-user collaboration. The same session mechanism supports both single-user security and multi-user access, making the system universally applicable to different usage scenarios.
2Productivity
If separate login sessions are maintained for each user, then each user has customized access to their data, but collaboration and simultaneous access become complex and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple user login sessions into a single unified session context. Instead of managing separate sessions for each user, the system combines them into one collaborative environment where all users can access and edit data simultaneously through a shared interface.
Solution Approach 2:
Within the unified session, the system segments data access by user profile. Each user maintains their customized data view and editing rights, allowing the system to manage complexity by organizing access rights into distinct user segments within the shared session.
3Adaptability or versatility
If user data is access-protected for individual accounts, then data security is maintained, but shared access and customization for multiple users is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing customized data access and viewing rights for each individual user within the shared session. Each user sees and can edit data according to their profile, while still being part of the broader multi-user collaboration environment.
Data Source
AI summary
An example method includes establishing a single-user login session associated with a first user-account such that the single-user login session has read and/or write access to first user data associated with the first user-account. The method further includes accepting, within the single-user login session, a further login associated with a second user-account to convert the single-user login session to a multi-user login session having read and/or write access to second user data associated with the second user-account in addition to having read and/or write access to the first user data. Computer readable media and computing devices related to the example method are disclosed herein as well.