Patent ID: 9009803
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: creating a user account for a digital event management server, wherein the user account comprises one or more attributes of a user of the digital event management server; creating one or more external service credentials that are associated with the user account, wherein an external service credential comprises one or more parameters used to connect to an external service; creating one or more timeline events that collectively form a timeline that is associated with the user account, wherein a timeline event comprises an action to be executed by a timeline server and a date the action is to be executed, and wherein the timeline comprises the one or more timeline events; creating one or more trustees that are associated with the user account, wherein a trustee comprises one or more attributes of a trusted user associated with the user, and wherein at least one attribute of the one or more attributes comprises an activation code; defining an activation threshold for the timeline, wherein the activation threshold comprises a number of activation codes required to activate a timeline; receiving the activation code for the timeline from a trustee of the one or more trustees; determining if the activation threshold has been met; and activating the timeline when the activation threshold has been met.