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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Nam Heo, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/608 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to manage a user account. The method includes: setting a plurality of authorization accounts defining usage right regarding functions of the device; mapping at least one of the plurality of authorization accounts to a user authentication account of the device, based on an input of a user; and executing an application installed in the device using a result of the mapping the authorization account and the user authentication account, without stopping running of an operation system of the device.