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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Excalibur Ip, Llc, New York, NY (US);
Michael La Rotonda, Oakland, CA (US);
Neal Sample, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
F. Randall Farmer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Brody, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ellen Sue Perelman, San Francisco, CA (US);
EXCALIBUR IP, LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Enabling an authenticated user to access content associated with an authenticated user as though the authenticated user had a selected user relationship with the authenticated user. The user relationship may comprise a relationship degree, a relationship category, a relationship rating, and/or the like. An invitation to join an electronic service, such as an online social network, is sent to the unauthenticated user at an address known to the authenticated user. The invitation includes a time-limited token, such as a URL, that includes an invitation identifier, which relates the invitation to the authenticated user content. The token may be encrypted in the invitation. The unauthenticated user returns the token as a request to preview the authenticated user content without first becoming an authenticated user of the electronic service. If the token is still valid, access is granted. The unauthenticated user may also request to establish a connection with the authenticated user.