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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Brian L. Mcneil, Kirkland, WA (US);

Michael G. Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);

Steve Seixeiro, Snohomish, WA (US);

Ramkumar Ramasubramanian, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jerry K. Koh, Redmond, WA (US);

Anshul Rawat, Kirkland, WA (US);

Andrew V. Davidson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Daniel Oliver, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael D. Mccormack, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Brian L. McNeil, Kirkland, WA (US);

Michael G. Sheldon, Seattle, WA (US);

Steve Seixeiro, Snohomish, WA (US);

Ramkumar Ramasubramanian, Bellevue, WA (US);

Jerry K. Koh, Redmond, WA (US);

Anshul Rawat, Kirkland, WA (US);

Andrew V. Davidson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Daniel Oliver, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael D. McCormack, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and computer storage media for sharing resources between a plurality of computing devices associated with a common non-enterprise network. A common set of credentials is stored on at least two or more of a plurality of computing devices that reside behind a routing device and are associated through a common non-enterprise network. Upon storing the common set of credentials, each of the two or more of a plurality of computing devices create a local account that contains, at least, the common set of credentials. The common set of credentials allow for the sharing, among the two or more of the plurality of computing devices, of resource that reside on or are associated with the computing devices.


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