Guest Account Life Cycle
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1. A system for managing accounts within a network community, comprising:
- an account server configured to;
manage a plurality of direct accounts for a plurality of resident users of the network community and at least one guest account for at least one guest of a respective resident user;
send to a guest user of the network community an invitation to become a direct member of the network community; and
create a direct member account for the guest user after the sending of the invitation.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for managing accounts within a network community. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide an account server to manage direct accounts for resident users of the network community and guest accounts for guests of the resident users. In addition, a client of a respective resident user of the network community is configured to send to a non-resident user of the network community an invitation to become a guest of the respective resident user. Other systems and methods are also provided.
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1. A system for managing accounts within a network community, comprising:
an account server configured to; manage a plurality of direct accounts for a plurality of resident users of the network community and at least one guest account for at least one guest of a respective resident user; send to a guest user of the network community an invitation to become a direct member of the network community; and create a direct member account for the guest user after the sending of the invitation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for managing accounts within a network community, comprising:
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means for sending an invitation to a guest user to become a direct member of the network community; means for managing a guest account of the guest user of the network community; means for creating a new direct member account for the guest user after sending an invitation to the guest user; and means for setting up the new direct member account with information contained within the guest user account. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method for managing accounts within a network community, comprising:
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managing a guest account of a guest user of the network community; sending an invitation to the guest user to become a direct user of the network community; and creating a new direct member account for the guest user after sending the invitation to the guest user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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