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Interoperable social services

US9600590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 2013
Grant dateMar 21, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L65/403
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for utilizing multiple social computing services of a user, a processor accesses a first networking service of a user and a second networking service of the user, wherein the first networking service includes a first group of contacts connected with the user and the second networking service includes a second group of contacts connected with the user. A processor retrieves the first group from the first networking service and the second group from the second networking service. A processor creates a set of contacts, wherein the set of contacts includes each contact of the first group of contacts with a corresponding link to information about that contact, and each contact of the second group of contacts with a corresponding link to information about that contact, and wherein a contact of the set of contacts has an associated relationship, established externally from either networking service, with the user.

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