ACCESS PROVISIONING VIA COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS
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1. A method for provisioning access to shared resources comprising:
- receiving a communication comprising a plurality of recipients and wherein said communication further comprises a shared resource to be accessed by said recipients;
verifying whether each of said recipients has an account for accessing said shared resource;
generating accounts for said recipients without an account for accessing said shared resource; and
modifying said communication corresponding to said recipients without an account for accessing said shared resource to include information for accessing said shared resource.
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Abstract
Described herein is technology for, among other things, provisioning access to shared resources. It involves various techniques for creating accounts for recipients of communications with shared resources. Further, the resources may available by an easy to find permanent location (e.g., URL). Such a provisioning process facilitates the growth of the network as recipients are given fully featured accounts. Therefore, the technology avoids the sign up process that users would otherwise have to go through in order to access the shared resource.
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1. A method for provisioning access to shared resources comprising:
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receiving a communication comprising a plurality of recipients and wherein said communication further comprises a shared resource to be accessed by said recipients; verifying whether each of said recipients has an account for accessing said shared resource; generating accounts for said recipients without an account for accessing said shared resource; and modifying said communication corresponding to said recipients without an account for accessing said shared resource to include information for accessing said shared resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for facilitating access to shared resources comprising:
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a communication interface module for initiating communications related to said shared resources; a communication manager for receiving and sending communications related to said shared resources, wherein said communication manager alters communications for recipients without accounts for accessing said shared resources; and an account manager for managing accounts for accessing said shared resources, wherein said account manager creates accounts for recipients of communications without accounts for accessing said shared resources. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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16. A method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a communication interface, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more addressees; receiving a selection of a resource to be accessed by said one or more addressees; and presenting a prompt for an initial password for access to said resource, wherein said initial password is to be used for addressees without an account to access said selected resource.
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