Sharing social network information
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsBarry Appelman, Steven Greenberg
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Abstract
Social network information may be shared across online service providers. Thus, one online service provider M that maintains a membership separate from a second online service provider N may nevertheless use the social network maintained by the second online service provider N to tailor content and/or services base on such social network information.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method of sharing social network information between online social networks, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a first user over an electronic network, a first request for a web page;
- receiving, from a second user over the electronic network, a second request for the web page;
- and
- transmitting a modified version of the web page to the second user over the electronic network, wherein the web page is modified based on relationship information between the first user and second user obtained based on a unique social network identifier (ID) that identifies the first user within a social network maintained by a second service provider.
A social network server maintained on an online service provider network, the social network server comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions, which when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform a method of:
- receiving, from a first user over an electronic network, a first request for a web page;
- receiving, from a second user over the electronic network, a second request for the web page;
- and
- transmitting a modified version of the web page to the second user over the electronic network, wherein the web page is modified based on relationship information between the first user and second user obtained based on a unique social network identifier (ID) that identifies the first user within a social network maintained by a second service provider.
A non-transitory computer-useable medium storing a program for using social network information from a second online service provider network to modify content or services provided by a first online service provider network, the program comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform a method of sharing social network information between online service providers, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a first user over an electronic network, a first request for a web page;
- receiving, from a second user over the electronic network, a second request for the web page;
- and
- transmitting a modified version of the web page to the second user over the electronic network, wherein the web page is modified based on relationship information between the first user and second user obtained based on a unique social network identifier (ID) that identifies the first user within a social network maintained by a second service provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.