Sharing Account Data Between Different Interfaces to a Service
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1. For an electronic device, a method comprising:
- storing user data associated with a web-based third party service based on user interaction with a web domain for the third party service through a web browser;
receiving a request from a service-specific application to utilize the user data stored for the third party service; and
providing the user data to the application only when the application is verified by the web domain for receiving user data associated with the third party service.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for an electronic device. The method stores user data associated with a web-based third party service based on user interaction with a web domain for the third party service through a web browser. The method receives a request from a service-specific application to utilize the user data stored for the third party service. The method provides the user data to the application only when the application is verified by the web domain for receiving user data associated with the third party service.
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1. For an electronic device, a method comprising:
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storing user data associated with a web-based third party service based on user interaction with a web domain for the third party service through a web browser; receiving a request from a service-specific application to utilize the user data stored for the third party service; and providing the user data to the application only when the application is verified by the web domain for receiving user data associated with the third party service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine readable medium storing a program for execution by at least one processing unit of an electronic device, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
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from a first interface to a third-party web service, receiving a request to utilize data stored on the electronic device relating to user interaction with the third-party web service through a second interface to the third-party web service; determining whether the first and second interfaces to the third-party web service are verified to share user data relating to the third-party web service; and only when the first and second interfaces are verified to share the user data, allowing the first interface to access and utilize the stored user data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. For a mobile device, a method comprising:
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from a particular application installed on the mobile device, retrieving a list of web domains stored with the particular application; for a particular web domain in the list, retrieving a list of applications allowed access to user interaction data for the web domain; when the particular application is on the list of applications retrieved from the particular web domain, storing a verified relationship between the particular application and the particular web domain. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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