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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Andre Wilson Brotto Furtado, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert L. Rounthwaite, Fall City, WA (US);
Xiaohan Shi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Matthew Richardson, Seattle, WA (US);
Ryen White, Woodinville, WA (US);
Syed Fahad Allam Shah, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shantanu Sharma, New Castle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In many computing scenarios, an individual may choose to interact with a service in a variety of roles, and may therefore create a set of accounts respectively representing the service. However, the use of multiple accounts by the same individual may introduce considerable administrative complications (e.g., failing to update all accounts with new information results in stale and/or conflicting account information), and may reduce the efficiency and/or scalability of the service. Presented herein are techniques for enabling individuals to interact with services through various roles. Such techniques involve evaluating the individual's role determinants to identify and automatically select the individual's current role; selecting a current role profile, as a subset of the details of the individual profile that are associated with the current role, and excluding details that are not associated with the current role; and performing the service according to the current role profile of the individual.