METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER REGISTRATION

• US 20100121649A1
• Filed: 11/12/2008
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Smith, Fraser MacConnell, Aoki, Debora E., Lynch, Liam Sean, Bhalla, Sandeep
• Application Number:
  US12/269,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20100121649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method and a system to register a user include using some user information stored and provided by a third party system. For example, the user may provide an identifier associated with the third party system. The identifier may be used to retrieve the user information. The user information may be used to at least partially complete the user registration.

Claims

1. A system for user registration comprising:

a processor;

a user registration module coupled to the processor and configured to receive an identifier from a user to perform a user registration; and

a communication module coupled to the user registration module and configured to receive user information from the third party system based on the identifier, wherein the user information received from the third party system is used by the user registration module to at least partially complete the user registration.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier is received from the user via a mobile device associated with the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier is an electronic mail (email) address.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the identifier is provided by the third party system to the user.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the user registration module is configured to verify that the identifier is associated with the third party system and to request for the user information from the third party system based on the identifier.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the user information is received from the third party system based on an agreement established with the third party system.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the agreement is a fee-based agreement.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the user information is received from the third party based on an approval provided by the user.

9. A method of user registration comprising:

receiving an identifier from a user for a user registration;

providing the user an option to use a first registration path based on the identifier;

based on to the user accepting the option to use the first registration path, communicating with a third party system to receive user information based on the identifier; and

based on the user not accepting the option to use the first registration path, requiring the user to provide the user information based on a second registration path.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the identifier received from the user is provided to the user by the third party system.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the third party system stores the user information based on agreement with the user.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

establishing a relationship with the third party system to enable receiving the user information from the third party system.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the second registration path involves more interaction with the user than the first registration path.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the identifier is received from the user via a wireless communication.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the identifier is received from the user via a mobile device associated with the user.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

providing the user an option to modify the user information received from the third party system.

17. A method of user registration comprising:

receiving a request from a user to become a registered user;

requiring the user to provide an identifier associated with a third party system, the third party system having verified the user and storing user information;

requesting for the user information from the third party system based on the identifier; and

registering the user based on at least the user information received from the third party system.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the third party system has verified the user based on financial information provided by the user.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the third party system has verified the user based on confidential information provided by the user.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the registering of the user is further based on user information provided by the user in addition to the user information received from the third party system.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving an approval from the user to request for the user information from the third party system.

22. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform the computer-implemented method of user registration, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier from a user during a user registration; and

when the identifier is associated with a third party system that has verified the user, requesting the user to provide an approval to retrieve user information from the third party system;

responsive to receiving the approval from the user, communicating with the third party system, providing the identifier to third party system, and receiving the user information from the third party system.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, further comprising:

using the user information received from the third party system to at least partially completing the user registration.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the identifier is received from the user via a mobile device, and wherein the user registration is completed based on the user using the mobile device.

25. A system for user registration comprising:

means for receiving an identifier from a user to perform a user registration;

means for receiving at least some user information from a third party system associated with the identifier; and

means for completing the user registration based at least on user information provided by the user or the user information received from the third party system.

26. The system of claim 25, further comprising means for enabling the user to modify the user information received from the third party system.

27. The system of claim 25, further comprising means for enabling the user to prevent receiving the user information from the third party system.