Access provisioning via communication applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9104846-B2
Application number	US-2579208-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2008
Priority date	Feb 5, 2008
Publication date	Aug 11, 2015
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015

Abstract

Described herein is technology for, among other things, provisioning access to shared resources. It involves various techniques for creating accounts for recipients of communications with shared resources. Further, the resources may available by an easy to find permanent location (e.g., URL). Such a provisioning process facilitates the growth of the network as recipients are given fully featured accounts. Therefore, the technology avoids the sign up process that users would otherwise have to go through in order to access the shared resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for provisioning access to shared resources, comprising:
receiving, at a server configured to provision access to shared resources, a first communication comprising an email from a user attempting to share a shared resource with one or more recipients, the first communication comprising a password for accessing the shared resource;
comparing the one or more recipients to a list of account holders having access to the shared resource;
determining…

Assignees

• Kunz Michael
• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Kunz Michael

Classifications

• H04L63/083

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F21/31 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L63/08

  Electricity · mapped topic