Managing past activities based on relationship changes in a social network
US9361654B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0407
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various embodiments provide for dynamically and automatically managing activities of two parties (e.g., friends, business associates, family members) based on a change in relationship (e.g., no longer friends, break-up, divorce, no longer working together) between the two parties in a network (e.g., a social network implemented using a social networking website). In one specific example, mechanisms are provided for dynamically and automatically adjusting privacy control (e.g. removing, hiding, scraping, deleting, obscuring) of past activity data (e.g. social network wall posts, social network wall re-posts, pictures, forum posts, blog posts, blog comments, documents, files, videos, tags etc.) of the two parties upon detecting a change in relationship between the two parties in the social network.
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