Secondary account creation

• Main Authors: Moreno-Fernandez, Borja, Liu, Xiqi, Rudin, Matthew, Christensen, John Cotant
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.06.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Techniques are described that enable a user to create a secondary user account on a social networking system that shares a unique identifier with a primary user account. In some cases, a social networking system receives a first request to create a first user account, where the first request comprises a unique identifier such as a phone number or email address associated with a user. The social networking system creates the first user account associated with the unique identifier. The social networking system then receives a second request to create a second user account, where the second request also comprises the unique identifier associated with the user. The social networking system creates the second user account associated with the unique identifier.