Pre-populated User Account Creation for Social Network Onboarding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional social network services require users to create accounts and download software, posing barriers for new users and their contacts who want to communicate, especially when contacts are not already part of the network.
Innovation Solution
A system that imports existing contact lists, filters them to create pre-populated user accounts for users not on the social network, allowing seamless communication and account creation without explicit input, using SMS or email links to invite new users and employing security measures like browser fingerprinting for authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are required to create accounts and download software to use social network services, then service security and control are improved, but ease of operation and user accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-creates user accounts and populates contact lists before users actually need them. When a user sends a message to someone not on the network, the recipient's account and contact information are automatically created in advance, eliminating the need for manual account creation and software download
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the social network service acts as a bridge between users inside and outside the network. The service automatically handles account creation, contact list population, and message routing, mediating the interaction between traditional social network requirements and new user accessibility needs
2Manufacturing precision
If manual account creation and contact list building are required for new users, then data accuracy and user control are improved, but productivity and onboarding speed deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service account creation and contact list population. When a user sends a message to an external contact, the external contact's account is automatically created with their contact information populated from the sender's address book, without requiring manual intervention from either party
Solution Approach 2:
Contact lists and user profiles are pre-populated automatically based on the sender's existing contact information. The system performs data validation and account creation in advance before the user needs to interact with the new contact, accelerating the onboarding process while maintaining data accuracy
3Ease of operation
If existing contact lists are imported and processed to create pre-populated accounts, then ease of operation for new users is improved, but server load and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by only creating pre-populated accounts when necessary - specifically when a user sends a message to someone outside the network. Not all contacts receive pre-created accounts, only those who are actually messaged, reducing unnecessary system complexity and server load
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the account creation and contact list population process from the traditional manual user onboarding flow. This separate, automated process handles only the necessary cases (external contacts being messaged) without affecting the overall system architecture or requiring complex modifications to the core social network infrastructure
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a contact list and pre-populated user accounts. An existing contact list associated with a first user is imported at a computer system. A second contact list is created for the first user for a user account associated with a social network service wherein the second contact list comprises members from the existing contact list. Members of the existing contact list whom already have a user account with the social network service are filtered into a first category. Members of the existing contact list whom do not have a user account with the social network service are filtered into a second category. Pre-populated user accounts associated with the social network service are created for the members in the second category.