Account linking

US8701014B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

• Heather Allison Schlegel · Santa Monica, US
• Barry Appelman · McLean, US
• Andrew L. Wick · McLean, US
• Alan Keister · Oakton, US
• Chris Chih-Shen Chung · Great Falls, US
• James A. Odell · McLean, US
• Barbara McNally · Leesburg, US
• Michael Robert Enloe · Hamilton, US
• Pei-Lin Wu · Oakton, US
• Russell Richards · Nokesville, US
• Alexis Inch · Oakton, US
• David Cox · Herndon, US
• Xiaopeng Zhang · Palo Alto, US
• Gregory Brian Cypes · South Riding, US
• David McCormick · Chesapeake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 18, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 6, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L51/42
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Linking multiple identities from a single service includes for a user of a single service having multiple identities within the single service, authenticating a primary identity having a first buddy list associated with an account, authenticating a secondary identity having a second buddy list associated with the account, and creating an association between the primary identity and the secondary identity, where the primary identity and the secondary identity simultaneously share a common graphical user interface such that the primary identity interacts with the first buddy list and the secondary identity interacts with the second buddy list using the common graphical user interface.