Patent ID: 9378389
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising: determining, by a computing device, one or more selected recipients for a sharing link to one or more files maintained in online storage; generating different one-time sharing links for each of the one or more selected recipients, the one-time sharing links being valid for a first access of the one or more files to enable the one or more selected recipients to interact with the one or more files on a limited basis during the first access; responsive to selection of a one-time sharing link by a respective recipient, exposing as part of an access sequence initiated by the selection of the one-time sharing link an option to select a user account to use for access to the one or more files; and invalidating the one-time sharing link for subsequent use to interact with the one or more files, the one-time sharing link being invalidated for any access of the one or more files subsequent to the first access, the selected user account enabling the access to the one or more files subsequent to the first access.