Patent ID: 9716720
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a content management system, a request to share a content item with a user, the request being from a computing device unassociated with a user account; generating, using a unique device identifier of the computing device, an unregistered user account with the content management system; receiving, by the content management system, the content item; associating the content item with the unregistered user account; generating, by the content management system, a link to share the content item with the user, the link being associated with a path identifying a location of the content item in the content management system, and further associated with the unregistered user account; sending the link to the user; receiving, by the content management system, a request to retrieve the content item, the request being from the computing device associated with the unregistered user account; and denying, by the content management system, access to the content item by the computing device associated with the unregistered user account.