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Method and system for restricting access rights on user profile information using a new notion of peer

US9628492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Dieter Buehler · Lörrach, DE
Charles P. de Saint-Aignan · Providence, US
Stefan A. Hepper · Eppelheim, DE
Stefan Schmitt · Oebisfelde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2009
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/104
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of Network portals and in particular to a method and system for restricting access rights on user profile information using a new notion of peer groups, wherein a given user's peer group is defined to be the set of users containing all the members of all the user's communities, wherein the individual communities are defined within the web portal wherein on said web portal a plurality of composite applications are implemented, wherein each composite application (19; 50) has a predetermined number of users working with said composite application building a community for that composite application,characterized by the steps of:

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