ENABLING AN ONLINE SYSTEM USER TO ACCESS A THIRD PARTY APPLICATION WITHOUT INSTALLING THE THIRD PARTY APPLICATION

摘要

An online system provides a user with access to applications associated with third parry systems via the online system and generates an identifier that identifies the user to a third party system without providing the third party system with information personally identifying the user. Using an identifier that identifies an additional user to the third party system, an online system user may invite the additional user to use an application associated with the third party system without installing the application on the additional user's client device. When the user invites the additional user to use the application, the online system sends the third party system associated with the application the identifier identifying the additional user to the third party system. If the additional user accepts the invitation, the online system or third party system provides application content to the additional user via a frame on the additional user's client device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an online system, an invitation for a user of the online system to use an application associated with a third party system, the invitation identifying the user and the application associated with the third party system; determining, at the online system, an identifier identifying the user to the third party system associated with the third party system; transmitting the identifier identifying the user to the third party system and an identifier of the application associated with the third party system from the online system to the third party system; and transmitting the invitation for the user of the online system to use the application associated with the third party system from the online system to a client device associated with the user, the invitation including instructions that, when executed by the client device, cause the client device to:
request content for the application associated with the third party system from the third party system,generate a frame on the client device, andpresent content for the application associated with the third party system in the frame.