Mechanism for visible users and groups
US8712981B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2032 |
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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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