System and methodology for automated provisioning of new user accounts
First Claim
1. A method for assisting a user with uploading content captured with a user-operated device, the method comprising:
- capturing content with a user-operated device having a unique device ID assigned to it;
at the user-operated device, initiating a request to transfer the content to a particular Web site;
establishing a user account automatically at the particular Web site, including creating a user identifier (ID) based, at least in part, on said unique device ID assigned to the user-operated device;
transferring the content from the user-operated device to the particular Web site system;
associating the transferred content at the Web site with said user ID; and
in response to a request from the user for access to the transferred content, providing on-line access to the transferred content.
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Abstract
System and methodology are described that allow a new user of a user-operated device (e.g., wireless digital camera, cellular phone, video camera, audio device, or the like) to immediately begin using the features and services of the device without having to first activate a new user account. Thus in the instance where the user-operated device is a newly-acquired wireless digital camera, for example, the user can immediately begin taking and uploading his or her pictures to a photo Web site prior to having to open a user account, or having to perform other cumbersome activation steps. In such a wireless digital camera embodiment, the photo Web site and vendors of either cellular-enabled digital cameras or camera-enabled cellular phones provide user Web accounts based upon the unique ID or phone number belonging to one of these two devices. The user need only bother to “open” his or her account, that is, establish a user name and password, at some subsequent point in time that is convenient for the user (e.g., when the user is first visiting the photo Web site, using a browser, to view the digital photographs he or she previously uploaded). This approach allows users to use his or her newly-acquired device (e.g., immediately take pictures and upload them to an account at a photo Web site) right “out-of-the-box,” all without having to first register or setup a new user account.
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53 Claims
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1. A method for assisting a user with uploading content captured with a user-operated device, the method comprising:
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capturing content with a user-operated device having a unique device ID assigned to it;
at the user-operated device, initiating a request to transfer the content to a particular Web site;
establishing a user account automatically at the particular Web site, including creating a user identifier (ID) based, at least in part, on said unique device ID assigned to the user-operated device;
transferring the content from the user-operated device to the particular Web site system;
associating the transferred content at the Web site with said user ID; and
in response to a request from the user for access to the transferred content, providing on-line access to the transferred content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system facilitating uploading of digital images from a newly-purchased digital camera, the system comprising:
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a digital camera for capturing digital images;
a Web site for hosting said digital images captured by the digital camera;
a transport mechanism for uploading the digital images from the digital camera to a user account at the Web site, said user account being pre-provisioned for the digital camera; and
a module for automatically associating the digital images uploaded to the Web site with the pre-provisioned user account and thereafter providing on-line access to the digital images. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for automating activation of a user account associated with a user-operated device, the method comprising:
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assigning a unique device identifier to the user-operated device;
automatically creating a user account based, at least in part, on said unique device identifier assigned to the user-operated device;
when the user-operated device is first operated, associating the automatically-created user account with said user-operated device, so that the user-operated device may be operated without requiring its user to first set up a user account; and
at some point in time after operation of the device has already commenced, gathering additional user information for the automatically-created user account. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53)
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