Web service user experience without upfront storage expense

US8984425B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Margaret H. Li · Bellevue, US
• Srikanth Shoroff · Sammamish, US
• Paramesh Siddesha · Bellevue, US
• Maxim Ivanov · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 22, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method is provided for creating accounts for users of a service. An infrastructure associated with an invited user enables the invited user to view a document that is stored in association with another user. A server computer is capable of receiving an indication to associate a second infrastructure with the invited user, which enables the creation of a document to be stored in association with the invited user.