| CPC G06Q 20/401 (2013.01) [G06F 9/547 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. An account binding method, comprising:
presenting, by processing circuitry of a computer device, an account addition page in a first social networking application that is currently logged into using a user account of the first social networking application;
in response to an account addition instruction, corresponding to a function of account addition without entering an account identifier, being triggered by using the account addition page,
jumping from the account addition page to an account provider selection page;
determining an account provider system to which an information acquisition instruction is to be transmitted from candidate account provider systems displayed on the account provider selection page;
encrypting user identity information of the user account of the first social networking application to obtain encrypted user identity information;
generating the information acquisition instruction to the account provider system, the information acquisition instruction including the encrypted user identity information; and
transmitting by the computer device the information acquisition instruction to the account provider system, the information acquisition instruction including the encrypted user identity information, the transmitted information acquisition instruction instructing the account provider system to decrypt the encrypted user identity information by using a decryption key, search for at least one candidate to-be-bound account by matching the decrypted user identity information, and return a mask of the at least one candidate to-be-bound account, wherein the account addition instruction received through the account addition page does not include the account identifier of the account provider system;
receiving the at least one candidate to-be-bound account that is associated with the user identity information in the account provider system;
in response to (i) a selection of a to-be-bound account from the received at least one candidate to-be-bound account associated with the user identity information and (ii) authentication by the account provider system via a communication method associated with the to-be-bound account, displaying the to-be-bound account on a gateway page of the account provider system; and
in response to a confirmation user operation on the gateway page of the account provider system, binding the user account of the first social networking application and the to-be-bound account such that payment from the to-be-bound account may be authorized by the user account of the first social networking application.
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