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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Josh Kaplan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Adam Cook, San Francisco, CA (US);

Stephen Poletto, San Francisco, CA (US);

Thomas Wright, San Francisco, CA (US);

Luke Faraone, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/22 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); G06F 17/2235 (2013.01); H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for authenticating a user account with a content management system are disclosed. A synchronized content management system may receive an identifier via a first access platform. The identifier may be associated with a device. The content management system can generate a link based on the identifier and the device. The link may be then send to the device by using the identifier. When accessed by the device, the link may authenticate a user account associated with the device at a second access platform.


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