Inter-service sharing of content between users from different social networks

US9021113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Derek W. Carr · Cary, US
• Thomas Schaeck · Eppelheim, DE
• Andrew B. Smith · Morrisville, US
• Michael C. Wanderski · Durham, US
• Mark Weitzel · Durham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Sharing content between users of different social networks includes: in a source social network implemented by at least one processor, receiving shared content uploaded by a source user with an indication of a number of recipients of the shared content; establishing a trusted communication link between the source social network and at least one external social network; and allowing the number of recipients to retrieve the shared content from the source social network via the trusted communication link.