Shared item account selection

摘要

Techniques for sharing of items from online storage (e.g., cloud storage) are described herein. In at least some embodiments, sharing links can be configured as one-time sharing links that provide recipients with limited, one-time access to a shared item for the purpose of selecting or registering an account to use for subsequent access to the item. Recipients are able to select accounts they find most convenient for accessing a shared item without the owner/sharer of the item necessarily having contact information for those accounts or sending a link to the accounts. Selection of a one-time link initiates an authentication sequence that selectively provides an option to select a particular account. Once the one-time sharing link is redeemed, the one-time sharing link is invalidated for subsequent access to the item.

主权项

1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:
determining, by a computing device, one or more selected recipients for a sharing link to one or more files maintained in online storage; generating different one-time sharing links for each of the one or more selected recipients, the one-time sharing links being valid for a first access of the one or more files to enable the one or more selected recipients to interact with the one or more files on a limited basis during the first access; responsive to selection of a one-time sharing link by a respective recipient, exposing as part of an access sequence initiated by the selection of the one-time sharing link an option to select a user account to use for access to the one or more files; and invalidating the one-time sharing link for subsequent use to interact with the one or more files, the one-time sharing link being invalidated for any access of the one or more files subsequent to the first access, the selected user account enabling the access to the one or more files subsequent to the first access.