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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
George O'Brien, San Mateo, CA (US);
Emil Ibrishimov, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jung Park, Pacifica, CA (US);
David Stafford, Cary, NC (US);
Heinrich Koutcherouk, Tel Aviv, IL;
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises detecting an attempt by a personal user account to use the online service where the account is associated with an electronic mail address that belongs to an owner of a domain name service domain. Based on detecting the attempt, the online service prompts the particular personal user account to join a team of user accounts. Upon receiving an acceptance of the particular personal user account to join the team, the personal user account is offered an option between converting the personal user account to a team user account that is a member of the team or changing the electronic mail address associated with the personal user account to a different electronic mail address that is not owned.