Systems and methods for pairing identification data to a network-based service

• US 9,262,606 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2012
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zypline Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Zypline Services, Inc.
• Inventors: Kasbarian, Raymond P.
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L
• Application Number:
  US13/573,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20130086697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0414 during transmission, i.e. party's identity is protected against eavesdropping, e.g. by using temporary identifiers, but is known to the other party or parties involved in the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and systems of providing access, indexing, and/or connecting a user to a network-based service, associated with a particular entity, using an identifier that can be uniquely associated with the particular entity (e.g., with respect to a given scope of identification), can be proprietary to the entity, and/or issued by a third-party (i.e., a party not providing the method or system). A method can comprising receiving from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third-party in association with the real world entity. The method can select a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier, determine a public access parameter to the network-based service, and provide the client computer system with public access to the network-based service according to the public access parameter.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third party in association with the real world entity;

receiving a network-based service identifier;

selecting a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier and the network-based service identifier, wherein the network-based service is selected from a plurality of network-based services associated with the real world entity, and wherein the network-based service identifier assists in identifying the network-based service from the plurality of network-based services;

determining a public access parameter to the network-based service; and

providing the client computer system with public access to the network-based service according to the public access parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the entity identifier is a telephone number, an e-mail address associated with the real world entity, or an alphanumeric string associated with and proprietary to the real world entity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the scope of identification is implemented in an index of unique identifiers issued to the real world entity by the third party.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the network-based service identifier is received as a suffix or a prefix to the entity identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a geographical location of the client computer system, wherein the geographical location assists in determining the scope of identification.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the client computer system a request for private access to the network-based service;

performing an approval process for providing private access to the network-based service; and

upon approval, providing the client computer system private access to the network-based service.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the performing the approval process for providing private access comprises soliciting approval from the real world entity for the request for private access, the solicitation being transmitted to the real world entity by a communication system operable with the entity identifier.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the performing the approval process for providing private access comprises:

generating a passcode in connection with the network-based service;

delivering the passcode to the real world entity by way of a communication system operable with the entity identifier;

prompting the client computer system for the passcode.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the network-based service comprises a web page, web-based access to a document file, a web-based file sharing service, or a web-based media album.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the real world entity is a person, a family, a government organization, a business organization, or a non-business organization.

11. A system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to;

receive from a client computer system an entity identifier uniquely associated with a real world entity in a scope of identification, the entity identifier being issued by a third party in association with the real world entity;

receive a network-based service identifier;

select a network-based service uniquely associated with the entity identifier and the network-based service identifier, wherein the network-based service is selected from a plurality of network-based services associated with the real world entity, and wherein the network-based service identifier assists in identifying the network-based service from the plurality of network-based services;

determine a public access parameter to the network-based service; and

provide the client computer system with public access to the network-based service according to the public access parameter.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the entity identifier is a telephone number, an e-mail address associated with the real world entity, or an alphanumeric string associated with and proprietary to the real world entity.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the scope of identification is implemented in an index of unique identifiers issued to the real world entity by the third party.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the network-based service identifier is received as a suffix or a prefix to the entity identifier.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to further determine a geographical location of the client computer system, wherein the geographical location assists in determining the scope of identification.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the system to further:

receive from the client computer system a request for private access to the network-based service;

perform an approval process for providing private access to the network-based service; and

provide the client computer system private access to the network-based service upon approval.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the performing the approval process for providing private access comprises soliciting approval from the real world entity for the request for private access, the solicitation being transmitted to the real world entity by a communication system operable with the entity identifier.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the performing the approval process for providing private access comprises:

generating a passcode in connection with the network-based service;

delivering the passcode to the real world entity by way of a communication system operable with the entity identifier;

prompting the client computer system for the passcode.