Systems and methods for switching internet contexts without process shutdown

A method comprising:

• receiving a request to switch from a first Internet context associated with a first identity to a second Internet context associated with a second identity;
• storing the first Internet context in one or more containers associated with the first identity;
• setting one or more global pointers to reference the second Internet context located in one or more containers associated with the second identity without requiring open processes associated with the first identity to shut down;
• determining if the second identity has been utilized previously;
• and
• if the second identity has not been utilized previously1 creating a new Internet context and setting one or more global pointers to reference the new Internet context stored in new containers and associated the new Internet context with the second identity.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory configured to maintain one or more modules that are executable on the processor to:
• receive a request to switch from a first Internet context associated with a first identity to a second Internet context associated with a second identity;
• store the first Internet context in one or more containers associated with the first identity;
• set one or more global pointers to reference the second Internet context located in one or more containers associated with the second identity without requiring open processes associated with the first identity to shut down;
• determine if the second identity has been utilized previously;
• and
• if the second identity has not been utilized previously, create a new Internet context and setting one or more global pointers to reference the new Internet context stored in new containers and associated the new Internet context with the second identity.