Patent ID: 9104846
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for provisioning access to shared resources, comprising: receiving, at a server configured to provision access to shared resources, a first communication comprising an email from a user attempting to share a shared resource with one or more recipients, the first communication comprising a password for accessing the shared resource; comparing the one or more recipients to a list of account holders having access to the shared resource; determining, via one or more processing units, responsive to the comparing, that a first recipient of the one or more recipients does not have an account for accessing the shared resource; generating, via one or more processing units, responsive to the determining, a first account for the first recipient, the first account associated with a first username and the password comprised in the first communication; modifying at least some of the first communication into a modified first communication for distribution to the first recipient, the modified first communication comprising the first username and the password; determining, responsive to the comparing, that a second recipient of the one or more recipients has an account for accessing the shared resource; and modifying at least some of the first communication into a modified second communication for distribution to the second recipient, the modified second communication not comprising the password.