# US 12,001,858 B2 · User interface for accessing an account > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,001,858 B2 - Document ID: US12001858B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/949,963 - Filed: 2022-09-21 - Published: 2023-01-19 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-01 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Frank De Jong; Hannah S. Story; Keetae Ryu; Dmitry V. Belov; Gokul P. Thirumalai; Wayne Loofbourrow; Jonathan Birdsall; Nagarjuna Thottempudi; Felipe Marin Cypriano; Patrick L. Coffman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001858B2 ## CPC - G06F 9/4451: {User profiles; Roaming} - G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces - G06F 21/31: User authentication - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/43: wireless channels - G06F 21/45: Structures or tools for the administration of authentication - G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes} - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04L 67/306: User profiles - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract The present disclosure generally relates to setting up an account for a service. A request to set up an account for a first service is received. In response to receiving the request to set up the account for the first service, a first login option and a second login option are displayed. If an input selecting the first login option is detected, a request to use first contact information for a user to set up the account for the first service is transmitted. If an input selecting the second login option is detected, a request to use second contact information for the user to set up the account for the first service is transmitted. The second contact information is automatically generated for the service and does not reveal the first contact information for the user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a display device; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to set up an account for a service using an intermediary email address, wherein: the intermediary email address is automatically generated for the service while setting up the account for the service, the intermediary email address does not reveal contact information of a user to the service, and the intermediary email address is an email address that is generated for the user to serve as an email address that receives email directed from the service to the user; after receiving the request to set up the account for the service using the intermediary email address, displaying a settings interface, including displaying an email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails; detecting a set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user; and in response to detecting a set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user, transmitting a request to have emails that are sent to the intermediary email address from the service forwarded to the modified email address of the user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user includes an input corresponding to the displayed email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting a first input; and in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display device, one or more available forwarding email options. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options are associated with a user of the electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options include a first email address associated with a user of the electronic device and a second email address associated with the user of the electronic device that is different from the first email address. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options include an indication of the email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting a second input corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options; and in response to detecting the second input corresponding to the selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options, updating the indication of the email address to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails to indicate the selected forwarding email option. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user includes a second input corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for: receiving a request to set up an account for a service using an intermediary email address, wherein: the intermediary email address is automatically generated for the service while setting up the account for the service, the intermediary email address does not reveal contact information of a user to the service, and the intermediary email address is an email address that is generated for the user to serve as an email address that receives email directed from the service to the user; after receiving the request to set up the account for the service using the intermediary email address, displaying a settings interface, including displaying an email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails; detecting a set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user; and in response to detecting a set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user, transmitting a request to have emails that are sent to the intermediary email address from the service forwarded to the modified email address of the user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user includes an input corresponding to the displayed email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting a first input; and in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display device, one or more available forwarding email options. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options are associated with a user of the electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options include a first email address associated with a user of the electronic device and a second email address associated with the user of the electronic device that is different from the first email address. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options include an indication of the email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting a second input corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options; and in response to detecting the second input corresponding to the selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options, updating the indication of the email address to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails to indicate the selected forwarding email option. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user includes a second input corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options. ### Claim 17 A method, comprising: at an electronic device with a display device, one or more processors, and memory: receiving a request to set up an account for a service using an intermediary email address, wherein: the intermediary email address is automatically generated for the service while setting up the account for the service, the intermediary email address does not reveal contact information of a user to the service, and the intermediary email address is an email address that is generated for the user to serve as an email address that receives email directed from the service to the user; after receiving the request to set up the account for the service using the intermediary email address, displaying a settings interface, including displaying an email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails; detecting a set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user; and in response to detecting a set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user, transmitting a request to have emails that are sent to the intermediary email address from the service forwarded to the modified email address of the user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user includes an input corresponding to the displayed email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: detecting a first input; and in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display device, one or more available forwarding email options. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options are associated with a user of the electronic device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options include a first email address associated with a user of the electronic device and a second email address associated with the user of the electronic device that is different from the first email address. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more available forwarding email options include an indication of the email address of the user to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22, further comprising: detecting a second input corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options; and in response to detecting the second input corresponding to the selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options, updating the indication of the email address to which the intermediary email address is configured to forward received emails to indicate the selected forwarding email option. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the set of one or more inputs modifying the email address of the user includes a second input corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more available forwarding email options.