Guest account architecture
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1. A system for monitoring guests in a network community, comprising:
- an account database maintaining a plurality of resident accounts for a plurality of resident users of the network community and at least one guest account of at least one guest of a respective resident user; and
an account server accessing the at least one guest account to determine a status of the at least one guest account and updating a respective resident account with the status of the at least one guest account, wherein;
the respective resident account contains guest account information for the at least one guest sponsored by the respective resident user, the guest account information being added to the respective resident account upon creation of the at least one guest account; and
the account server updates the status of the at least one guest account sponsored by the respective resident user in the respective resident account.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for managing a network community. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide an account database that maintains resident accounts for resident users of the network community and also maintains guest accounts for guests of the resident users. Correspondingly, an account server accesses a guest account to determine a status of the guest account and also updates the resident account of the resident user sponsoring the particular guest account with the status of the guest account. Other systems and methods are also provided.
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1. A system for monitoring guests in a network community, comprising:
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an account database maintaining a plurality of resident accounts for a plurality of resident users of the network community and at least one guest account of at least one guest of a respective resident user; and
an account server accessing the at least one guest account to determine a status of the at least one guest account and updating a respective resident account with the status of the at least one guest account, wherein;
the respective resident account contains guest account information for the at least one guest sponsored by the respective resident user, the guest account information being added to the respective resident account upon creation of the at least one guest account; and
the account server updates the status of the at least one guest account sponsored by the respective resident user in the respective resident account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for monitoring guest users of a network community, comprising:
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means for storing a plurality of resident accounts for a plurality of resident users of the network community and at least one guest account of at least one guest of a respective resident user;
means for accessing the at least one guest account to determine a status of the at least one guest account;
means for updating the respective resident account with the status of the at least one guest account;
means for generating the at least one guest account; and
means for adding account information concerning the at least one guest account to the respective resident account upon the generation of the at least one guest account, wherein the account information includes a date upon which a guest invitation was sent to a respective guest and an end-date upon which the at least one guest account is scheduled to end. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for monitoring guest users of a network community, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a plurality of resident accounts for a plurality of resident users of the network community and at least one guest account of at least one guest of a respective resident user;
accessing the at least one guest account to determine a status of the at least one guest account; and
updating a respective resident account with the status of the at least one guest account. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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