Mechanism for visible users and groups
US8150820B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/604
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, software, and data structures to allow or prevent viewing of users and groups of users by other users and groups of users. Some such embodiments include retrieving a listing of members from a member database, defining a first subset of one or more members selected from the retrieved member listing, and designating the first member subset as visible to a second subset of one or more members when a member of the second member subset retrieves a member listing.
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