US 11,893,585 B2
Associating multiple user accounts with a content output device
Peter J. Hare, San Francisco, CA (US); Vijay Sundaram, San Ramon, CA (US); Sudhakar N. Mambakkam, San Jose, CA (US); Venkatesh Venishetty, Santa Clara, CA (US); Vamsi K. Kondadasula, Milpitas, CA (US); and Quenton D. Jones, Layton, UT (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/712,895.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,272, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0380510 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC G06Q 20/40 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/385 (2013.01); H04L 9/3228 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first device associated with a first user account, an invitation to access content associated with the first user account on a second device associated with a home account corresponding to a second user account, wherein the invitation comprises a first identifier (ID) associated with the first user account and a second identifier (ID) associated with the second user account;
sending, by the first device and to a server, a request for authorization to access the content associated with the first user account on the second device associated with the second user account, the request comprising the first ID and the second ID of the invitation;
receiving, by the first device and from the server, the authorization to access the content associated with the first user account on the second device associated with the second user account, wherein the authorization comprises a token which includes the first ID and the second ID and the authorization provides for further access to the content associated with the first user account on one or more third devices associated with the home account when the home account is associated with the one or more third devices; and
accessing, based at least in part on the received authorization, the content associated with the first user account on the second device associated with the second user account.