IP Library Granted Patent US 10,592,543
Granted Patent B2
US 10,592,543 · App. 15/692,149 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Sub-account management

Inventors: Mohit Goenka (Santa Clara, CA); Ashish Khushal Dharamshi (Sunnyvale, CA); Nikita Varma (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: Oath Inc.
G06F16/337G06F21/10G06F21/41G06Q10/00G06Q50/01G06F2221/2113
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Patent No.
US 10,592,543
App. No.
15/692,149
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for sub-account management are provided. For example, a user may have a primary account with a service, such as a social network service, an email service, a bank service, etc. The user may create a sub-account connected/linked to the primary account. The primary account comprises and directly controls the sub-account. For example, the primary account can access content, sub-account settings, and/or sub-account activity of the sub-account from the primary account. The sub-account can be automatically disconnected from the primary account based upon a disconnect condition being satisfied.

Claims (66)

1. A method of account management, the method comprising:

executing, on a processor of a computing device, instructions that cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

displaying a primary account interface through a display of the computing device for a user associated with a primary account with a service;

responsive to receiving a create command through the primary account interface to create a sub-account connected to the primary account, displaying a sub-account creation interface through the primary account interface;

creating the sub-account connected to the primary account based upon input received through the sub-account creation interface, wherein the sub-account is part of the primary account and the primary account has control over the sub-account;

receiving input specifying a disconnect condition through the sub-account creation interface, wherein the disconnect condition specifies that the sub-account is to be disconnected from the primary account upon satisfaction of a condition;

associating the disconnect condition with the sub-account;

displaying sub-account settings of the sub-account through the primary account interface; and

responsive to receiving a value for a sub-account setting through the primary account interface, applying the value to the sub-account setting for the sub-account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition comprises at least one of a point in time, a number of logins, a weather condition, or an occurrence of an event.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition corresponds to an age of a sub-account user of the sub-account.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

responsive to determining that the condition is satisfied, disconnecting the sub-account from the primary account to create a new primary account derived from the sub-account.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the operations comprise:

retaining, within the new primary account, the sub-account settings and content of the sub-account with the service.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

disconnecting the sub-account from the primary account to create a new primary account derived from the sub-account in response to a defined disconnect condition being satisfied.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

populating the primary account interface with content of the primary account with the service; and

displaying a sub-account interface through the primary account interface, wherein the sub-account interface is populated with content of the sub-account with the service.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operations comprise:

populating the primary account interface with account activity of the sub-account with the service.

9. A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a request from a user to create at least one primary account with a service;

displaying an account creation interface populated with primary account creation options and sub-account creation options;

creating a primary account and a sub-account connected to the primary account based upon input received through the account creation interface for the primary account creation options and the sub-account creation options;

providing the primary account with access to sub-account settings of the sub-account;

responsive to receiving a value for a sub-account setting, applying the sub-account setting to the sub-account;

receiving input specifying a disconnect condition, wherein the disconnect condition specifies that the sub-account is to be disconnected from the primary account upon satisfaction of a condition;

associating the disconnect condition with the sub-account; and

displaying one or more sub-account settings of the sub-account.

10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the operations comprise:

providing a sub-account user with access to content of the sub-account with the service through as sub-account interface;

storing sub-account activity by the sub-account user with the content through the sub-account interface; and

providing the primary account with access to the sub-account activity.

11. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the operations comprise:

providing a sub-account user with access to content of the sub-account with the service through a sub-account interface; and

providing the user with access to the content of the sub-account with the service through a primary account interface.

12. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that when executed cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:

displaying a primary account interface through a display of a computing device for a user associated with a primary account with a service;

responsive to receiving a create command through the primary account interface to create a sub-account connected to the primary account, displaying a sub-account creation interface;

creating the sub-account connected to the primary account based upon input received through the sub-account creation interface;

providing the primary account with access to at least one of content of the sub-account with the service, sub-account settings of the sub-account, or account activity of the sub-account;

receiving a request to transfer the sub-account from the primary account to a second primary account;

disconnecting the sub-account from the primary account; and

connecting the sub-account to the second primary account, wherein the sub-account is part of the second primary account, wherein the primary account has control over content and settings of the sub-account.

13. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

displaying the primary account interface through a first mobile device of the user, wherein the primary account interface is populated with content of the primary account with the service and the sub-account settings of the sub-account;

responsive to receiving a value for a sub-account setting of the sub-account, modifying the sub-account setting with the value to create a modified sub-account setting; and

applying the modified sub-account setting to the sub-account accessed by a sub-account user through a second mobile device.

14. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

receiving a command from the primary account through a first device.

15. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise:

implementing the command to modify content associated with the sub-account accessed by a sub-account user through a second device.

16. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

providing the second primary account with access to view content of the sub-account with the service, the sub-account settings of the sub-account, and the account activity of the sub-account.

17. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise:

receiving a modification to the sub-account by a sub-account user; and

applying the modification to the sub-account to create a modified sub-account, wherein the modified sub-account is connected to the primary account.

18. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the service comprises at least one of an email service, a social network service, or an e-commerce shopping service.

19. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the service comprises a bank account service, and wherein the operations comprise:

receiving a value for a sub-account setting from the primary account, wherein the value specifies at least one of a spending limit for a bank account of the user with the bank account service, a daily withdrawal limit for the bank account, or an expiration date for use of the bank account; and

applying the value to the sub-account setting for the sub-account.

20. The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the primary account corresponds to a first mobile device account with a first device and the sub-account corresponds to a second mobile device account with a second device.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 057453/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: OATH INC.
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 054258/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
To: OATH INC.
Reel/Frame 045240/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2017
From: GOENKA, MOHIT; DHARAMSHI, ASHISH KHUSHAL; VARMA, NIKITA
To: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 043555/0063 →
Continuity (1)
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