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Device, method, and system for staging account setup

  • US 9,860,222 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2012
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory storing;

    an application dedicated to setting up one or more of personal information manager (PIM) accounts, email accounts, calendar accounts, and contact accounts, such that data associated with one or more accounts can be one or more of received at the device, transmitted to the device, and pushed to the device;

    a first data set comprising data for generating, in a first given order, a first set of staged prompts associated with a first account type, and a second data set comprising respective data for generating, in a second given order, a second set of staged prompts associated with a second account type, different from the first account type, the second data set different from the first data set;

    an input device; and

    a display device, the processor configured to;

    render, at the display device, the application, including an account identifier field for receiving an account identifier;

    receive, using the input device, the account identifier in the account identifier field, the account identifier including a domain name;

    transmit, to a server, the account identifier indicative of an account;

    in response to transmitting to the server the account identifier, receive, from the server, an indication that the account is of the first account type or the second account type different from the first account type, the first account type associated with the server when the server is associated with the domain name and the second account type not associated with the server when the server is not associated with the domain name; and

    , when the account is of the first account type, the indication further indicates that the account is associated with the server; and

    when the account is of the second account type, the indication further indicates that the account is not associated with the server;

    when the indication indicates that the account is of the first account type;

    retrieve, from the memory, the first data set;

    provide, at the display device, and in the application, the first set of staged prompts for information associated with the first account type, each of the first set of staged prompts provided, in the first given order, at successive screens of the display device and within the application;

    receive, in each of the first set of staged prompts, the information associated with the first account type; and

    transmit, to the server, the information associated with the first account type; and

    ,when the indication indicates that the account is of the second account type;

    retrieve, from the memory, the second data set;

    provide, at the display device, and in the application, the second set of staged prompts for information associated with the second account type, each of the second set of staged prompts provided, in the second given order, at successive screens of the display device and within the application;

    receive, in each of the second set of staged prompts, the information associated with the second account type; and

    transmit, to the server, the information associated with the second account type,wherein information associated with a respective account type that is transmitted to the server, received using the first set of staged prompts or the second set of staged prompts is for one or more of activation of the account and associating the account with the device.

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