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US 8,769,652 · App. 12/108,441 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Computer based method and system for registering a user at a server computer system

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Patent No.
US 8,769,652
App. No.
12/108,441
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a method for registering a user at a server computer system. A first interface is transmitted from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number. A mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number is received from the user computer system at the server computer system. A password is generated and transmitting from the server computer system to a mobile device having a mobile phone number corresponding to the mobile phone number received from the user computer system and a second interface is transmitted from the server computer system to the user computer system, the second interface including a field for entering the password. A follow-up message is transmitted from the server computer system to the mobile device if the password is not received from the user computer system at the server computer system within a predetermined period of time.

Claims (65)

1. A computer-based method for registering a user at a server computer system, comprising:

registering access to registered-user website content by:

transmitting a first interface from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number;

receiving a mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number from the user computer system at the server computer system;

generating a password in response to receiving the mobile phone number;

transmitting the password from the server computer system to a mobile device having the mobile phone number received from the user computer system;

transmitting a second interface from the server computer system to the user computer system in conjunction with at least one of generating the password and transmitting the password to the mobile device, the second interface including a field for entering the password;

receiving the password from one of the user computer system via the second interface to complete the registering access to the registered-user website content by the user computer system if the password is received within a predetermined period of time and, if the predetermined period of time has elapsed, from the mobile device to complete the registering access to the registered-user website content by the mobile device in response to the server computer system receiving a request from the mobile device for completing registration therewith;

providing access to the registered-user website content by the user computer in response to receiving the password from the user computer when performing the registering access to registered-user website content and by the mobile device in response to receiving the password from the mobile device when performing the registering access to registered-user website content;

wherein the transmitting the file access message to the mobile device further comprises transmitting an SMS message, and

wherein the file access message includes a link that is selectable on the mobile device, selection of the link causing a signal to be sent from the mobile device to the server computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server computer system assigns credits associated with the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the link is configured to transmit a signal requesting a content delivery platform to return a media file corresponding to the link.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user selection of one or more media files, wherein the user selection is made at a WAP website using the mobile device in conjunction with the registering access to the registered-user website content being completed using the mobile device, wherein the registered-user website content becomes displayed on the mobile device via the WAP website in response to the registering access to the registered-user website content being completed using the mobile device and wherein the registered-user website content includes one or more selectors for enabling the one or more media files to be selected; and

in response to receiving the user selection, transmitting a file access message to the mobile device, wherein the file access message enables the selected one or more media files to be downloaded to the mobile device and wherein transmitting the file access message to the mobile device further comprises transmitting a WAP link.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the password is transmitted from the server computer system to the mobile device in an SMS message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

access to the registered-user website content includes the server computer causing registration of the user computer system to be completed in response to receiving the password from the mobile device and after the server computer system associates the mobile device with the user computer system by the mobile phone number.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein:

receiving the password from the mobile device is performed after transmitting a follow-up message from the server computer system to the mobile device if the password is not received within the predetermined period of time and after transmitting the second interface from the server computer system to the user computer system and transmitting the password to the mobile device,

the follow-up message includes a link that is selectable on the mobile device,

selection of the link causing a signal to be sent from the mobile device to the server computer system,

the signal indicating that the registering access to the registered-user website content is to be completed via the mobile device and that the associated access to the registered-user website content is to be provided to the mobile device upon completing the registering, and

in response to the signal being received by the server computer system, the server computer system causing the registering access to the registered-user website content to be completed using the mobile device and enabling the mobile device to access the registered-user website content after completing the registering access to the registered-user website content.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer carries out a method comprising:

registering access to registered-user website content by:

transmitting a first interface from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number;

receiving a mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number from the user computer system at the server computer system;

generating a password in response to receiving the mobile phone number;

transmitting the password from the server computer system to a mobile device having the mobile phone number received from the user computer system;

transmitting a second interface from the server computer system to the user computer system in conjunction with at least one of generating the password and transmitting the password from the mobile device, the second interface including a field for entering the password;

receiving the password from one of the user computer system via the second interface to complete the registering access to the registered-user website content by the user computer system if the password is received within a predetermined period of time and, if the predetermined period of time has elapsed, from the mobile device to complete the registering access to the registered-user website content by the mobile device in response to the server computer system receiving a request from the mobile device for completing registration therewith;

providing access to the registered-user website content by the user computer in response to receiving the password from the user computer when performing the registering access to registered-user website content and by the mobile device in response to receiving the password from the mobile device when performing the registering access to registered-user website content;

wherein the transmitting the file access message to the mobile device further comprises transmitting an SMS message, and

wherein the file access message includes a link that is selectable on the mobile device, selection of the link causing a signal to be sent from the mobile device to the server computer system.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a user selection of one or more media files, wherein the user selection is made at a WAP website using the mobile device in conjunction with the registering access to the registered-user website content being completed using the mobile device, wherein the registered-user website content becomes displayed on the mobile device via the WAP website in response to the registering access to the registered-user website content being completed using the mobile device and wherein the registered-user website content includes one or more selectors for enabling the one or more media files to be selected; and

in response to receiving the user selection, transmitting a file access message to the mobile device, wherein the file access message enables the selected one or more media files to be downloaded to the mobile device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the password is transmitted from the server computer system to the mobile device in an SMS message.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the registering access to the registered-user website content includes the server computer causing registration of the user computer system to be completed in response to receiving the password from the mobile device and after the server computer system associates the mobile device with the user computer system by the mobile phone number.

12. A computer system comprising:

a memory and processor connected to the memory;

a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the program is configured to register and provide access to registered-user website content, the computer program including:

at least one instruction to transmit a first interface from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number;

at least one instruction to receive a mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number from the user computer system at the server computer system;

at least one instruction to generate a password in response to receiving the mobile phone number;

at least one instruction to transmit the password from the server computer system to a mobile device having the mobile phone number received from the user computer system;

at least one instruction to transmit a second interface from the server computer system to the user computer system in conjunction with at least one of generating the password and transmitting the password to the mobile device, the second interface including a field for entering the password;

at least one instruction to receive the password from one of the user computer system via the second interface to complete the registering access to the registered-user website content by the user computer system if the password is received within a predetermined period of time and, if the predetermined period of time has elapsed, from the mobile device to complete the registering access to the registered-user website content by the mobile device in response to the server computer system receiving a request from the mobile device for completing registration therewith;

the computer program further including:

at least one instruction to provide access to the registered-user website content by the user computer in response to receiving the password from the user computer when performing said instructions to register access to registered-user website content and by the mobile device in response to receiving the password from the mobile device when performing said instructions to register access to registered-user web site content;

wherein the transmitting the file access message to the mobile device further comprises transmitting an SMS message, and

wherein the file access message includes a link that is selectable on the mobile device, selection of the link causing a signal to be sent from the mobile device to the server computer system.

13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising:

at least one instruction to receive a user selection of one or more media files, wherein the user selection is made at a WAP website using the mobile device in conjunction with the registering access to the registered-user website content being completed using the mobile device, wherein the registered-user website content becomes displayed on the mobile device via the WAP website in response to the registering access to the registered-user website content being completed using the mobile device and wherein the registered-user website content includes one or more selectors for enabling the one or more media files to be selected; and

at least one instruction to transmit a file access message to the mobile device in response to receiving the user selection, wherein the file access message enables the selected one or more media files to be downloaded to the mobile device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the password is transmitted from the server computer system to the mobile device in an SMS message.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the computer program includes at least one instruction to cause the server computer system to complete registration of the user computer system in response to receiving the password from the mobile device and after the server computer system associates the mobile device with the user computer system by the mobile phone number.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein:

receiving the password from the mobile device is performed after transmitting a follow-up message from the server computer system to the mobile device if the password is not received within the predetermined period of time and after transmitting the second interface from the server computer system to the user computer system and transmitting the password to the mobile device,

the follow-up message includes a link that is selectable on the mobile device,

selection of the link causing a signal to be sent from the mobile device to the server computer system,

the signal indicating that the registering access to the registered-user website content is to be completed via the mobile device and that the associated access to the registered-user website content is to be provided to the mobile device upon completing the registering, and

in response to the signal being received by the server computer system, the server computer system causing the registering access to the registered-user website content to be completed using the mobile device and enabling the mobile device to access the registered-user website content after completing the registering access to the registered-user website content.

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