Patent ID: 9674235
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for creating a contact list and pre-populated user accounts, said method comprising: importing, at a computer system, an existing contact list associated with a first user; creating, at said computer system, a second contact list for said first user for a user account associated with a social network service wherein said second contact list comprises members from said existing contact list; filtering, at said computer system, members of said existing contact list whom already have a user account with said social network service into a first category; filtering, at said computer system, members of said existing contact list whom do not have a user account with said social network service into a second category; and automatically creating, at said computer system prior to communication within said social network service and based on said existing contact list and said second contact list, pre-populated user accounts associated with said social network service for said members in said second category without input from said members in said second category such that said pre-populated user accounts are employed by said first user to contact said members via said social network service, wherein said pre-populated user accounts are created before said first user employs attempts to contact said members via said social network service and said pre-populated accounts may be used by said members in said second category to respond to said contact from said first user.