Control of an application session to accommodate different users

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10666740-B2
Application number	US-201916402772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2019
Priority date	Nov 3, 2017
Publication date	May 26, 2020
Grant date	May 26, 2020

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system comprises at least one processor and controls an application session. The system suspends a first application session of a first user conducted for an application on a computing device. A second application session is established for a second different user from the first application session and conducted on the computing device for the same application. The second application session is associated with a set of conditions for terminating the second application session. The second application session is terminated in response to occurrence of the set of associated conditions. The first application session is resumed in response to termination of the second application session. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling an application session in substantially the same manner described above.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling an application session comprising:
actuating a utility within an active first application session of a first user conducted for an application on a computing device to receive a request, wherein the request is for a second application session for a second different user;
suspending the first application session in response to the request;
establishing the second application session from the first application session and conducting the second application session on the computing device for the same application while the first user remains logged in to the application, wherein the second application session is associated with a set of conditions for terminating the second application session, and wherein the set of associated conditions includes a predetermined quantity of actions;
terminating the second application session in response to a quantity of actions performed during the second application session reaching the predetermined quantity of actions; and
resuming the first application session in response to termination of the second application session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of associated conditions further includes one or more from a group of: expiration of a time interval, and receiving a command from the second user to terminate the second application session.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the second application session further comprises:
authenticating the second user on the computing device based on authentication information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the authentication information includes one or more from a group of: a user identification, a passcode, and a set of biometrics.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the second application session further comprises:
storing information pertaining to the first application session to resume the first application session.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein storing information further comprises:
storing information pertaining to the first application session in one or more cookie files associated with the second application session.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein resuming the first application session further comprises:
retrieving the information pertaining to the first application session to resume the first application session.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bal Rajmeet S
• Kumar Dilip
• Mittal Megha
• Saraya Siddharth
• Sirohi Chitresh

Classifications

• H04L67/142

  Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L67/143 Primary

  Termination or inactivation of sessions, e.g. event-controlled end of session · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L63/0861

  using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231) · CPC title