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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Gregory B. Roth, Seattle, WA (US);
Cristian M. Ilac, Sammamish, WA (US);
James E. Scharf, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan R. Fitch, Seattle, WA (US);
Graeme D. Baer, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Irl Pratt, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Ross O'neill, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregory B. Roth, Seattle, WA (US);
Cristian M. Ilac, Sammamish, WA (US);
James E. Scharf, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Nathan R. Fitch, Seattle, WA (US);
Graeme D. Baer, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Irl Pratt, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Ross O'Neill, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods provide a storage media on a portable physical object associated with a set of credentials that enables access to a set of computing resources associated with a set of Web services. In some embodiments, information including a set of credentials is prepackaged onto the storage media of the portable physical object. A pre-activated subscription to the set of Web services in a distributed system is provisioned. Access to the set of Web services is enabled when the portable physical object is coupled with a computing device and the set of credentials is authenticated. In some embodiments, the portable physical object is purchased by a user on a prepaid basis without requiring the user to register an account with the set of Web services, allowing the user to remain anonymous with respect to interaction with the set of Web services.