Patent ID: 9043870
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: sending, by one or more-processors, an offer message that generates an invite request, the offer message generated in response to a request from a first user that would like a second user to join a network or service; generating the offer message for known users of another system from which their identity can be retrieved receiving, by one or more-processors, the invite request; sending, by the one or more-processors, an authorization uniform resource locator; receiving, by the one or more-processors, an authorization response; retrieving, by the one or more-processors, user identity information for a user from an identity provider; automatically populating, by the one or more-processors, a sign up form for account creation using retrieved user identity information, the sign up form including a plurality of input fields requiring user biographical information; receiving, by the one or more processors, a confirmation from the user for account creation based on the user biographical information automatically populated in the sign up form; and responsive to receiving the confirmation from the user, creating, by the one or more-processors, the account for the user using the automatically populated sign up form.