Sharing account information among multiple users

• US 10,505,914 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2017
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hitchcock, Daniel W., Campbell, Brad Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Okeke, Izunna
• Application Number:
  US15/628,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20170289125A1
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for sharing network site account information among multiple users. Account information for a network site account is received from a first user at a first client. An indication is received from the first user that the account information is to be shared with a second user. The second user is authenticated at a second client. The account information is transferred to the second client.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, via at least one of one or more computing devices, account information for a network site account from a first user at a first client;

receiving, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, an indication from the first user that the account information is to be shared with a second user, wherein the indication specifies a list of a plurality of users with whom the account information is to be shared, the plurality of users including the second user;

authenticating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the second user at a second client;

encrypting, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the account information using a master security credential corresponding to the second user;

transferring, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the account information to the second client, wherein the second client is configured to store the account information with other account information on a portable data store removably attached to the second client; and

receiving, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a copy of the account information from the portable data store to maintain a mirror of the account information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the account information includes a username and a password for the network site account.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the second user at a third client; and

transferring, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the account information to the third client.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the first user at a third client; and

transferring, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the account information to the third client.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication specifies that account information associated with a subset of a plurality of network site accounts is to be shared with the second user.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, a username and a password from the first user at the first client; and

creating, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, the network site account having the username and the password with a network site.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the second user further comprises determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, that the second user has provided correct answers to individual questions of a set of knowledge-based questions.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein authenticating the second user further comprises determining, via at least one of the one or more computing devices, that the second user has provided the master security credential correctly.

5. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

at least one application executable in the at least one computing device, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least;

receive account information for a network site account from a first user at a first client;

receive an indication from the first user that the account information is to be shared with a second user, wherein the indication specifies a list of a plurality of users with whom the account information is to be shared, the plurality of users including the second user;

encrypt the account information using a master security credential corresponding to the second user;

authenticate the second user at a second client;

transfer the account information to the second client, wherein the second client is configured to store the account information with other account information on a portable data store removably attached to the second client; and

receive a copy of the account information from the portable data store to maintain a mirror of the account information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the account information includes a username and a password for the network site account.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the indication specifies that account information associated with a subset of a plurality of network site accounts is to be shared with the second user.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:

authenticate the second user at a third client; and

transfer the account information to the third client.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:

authenticate the first user at a third client; and

transfer the account information to the third client.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein when executed the at least one application causes the at least one computing device to at least:

receive a username and a password from the first user at the first client; and

create the network site account having the username and the password with a network site.

16. The system of claim 5, wherein when the account information is transferred to the second client, the account information is secured so that the first user and the second user are capable of accessing the account information.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in at least one computing device, wherein when executed the program causes the at least one computing device to at least:

receive account information for a network site account from a first user at a first client;

receive an indication from the first user that the account information is to be shared with a second user, wherein the indication specifies a list of a plurality of users with whom the account information is to be shared, the plurality of users including the second user;

encrypt the account information using a master security credential corresponding to the second user;

authenticate the second user at a second client;

transfer the account information to the second client, wherein the second client is configured to store the account information with other account information on a portable data store removably attached to the second client; and

receive a copy of the account information from the portable data store to maintain a mirror of the account information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the second user is authenticated in response to the second user providing correct answers to individual questions of a set of knowledge-based questions.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the second user is authenticated in response to the second user providing the master security credential correctly, wherein a first account of the first user and a second account of the second user are associated with different master security credentials.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the account information includes at least one automatically generated security credential for the network site account.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the account information includes a plurality of security credentials associated with a plurality of network site accounts.