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US 11,689,590 B2Granted
Determining and managing social interaction options in social networking environments
AssigneeIfwe, Inc.
InventorsJohann Schleier-Smith, Greg Tseng, Jared Kim
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for determining and managing social interaction options for social connections such as, for example, friendships in a social networking environment. In one embodiment, users of a social network are provided with more granularity in controlling the social interactions associated with individual social connections. The social connections can be a connection between two of more users of a social networking environment.
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A system comprising:
- a processing unit;
- an interface configured to communicate with a first user via a first client device and a second user via a second client device;
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- a memory unit having stored thereon instructions that when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to:
- sending a first set of social interaction options to the second client device of the second user as part of a new social connection request, the first set of social interaction options being customizable by the second user within the new social connection request;
- in response to receiving the new social connection request from the first user that establishes a new social connection with the second user, determine the first set of social interaction options for the new social connection via a set of pre-set social configuration settings that are configured to be modified as part of the new social connection request, wherein the set of pre-set social configuration settings that are configured to be modified as part of the new social connection request are presented to the user in a multi-level menu, wherein each social interaction is a user interaction including active participation by the first user and the second user associated with the new social connection after the new social connection is made;
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- receive a response to the new social connection request from the second user indicating an acceptance of the new social connection request, the response further including a set of the social interaction options selected by the second user for the new social connection with the first user.
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A method comprising:
- sending, from a first user of a first client device, a first set of social interaction options to a second client device of a second user as part of a new social connection request, the first set of social interaction options being customizable by the second user within the new social connection request;
- in response to receiving the new social connection request from the first user that establishes a new social connection with the second user, determining the first set of social interaction options for the new social connection via a set of pre-set social configuration settings that are configured to be modified as part of the new social connection request, wherein the set of pre-set social configuration settings that are configured to be modified as part of the new social connection request are presented to the user in a multi-level menu, wherein each social interaction is a user interaction including active participation by the first user and the second user associated with the new social connection after the new social connection is made;
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- receiving a response to the new social connection request from the second user indicating an acceptance of the new social connection request, the response further including a set of the social interaction options selected by the second user for the new social connection with the first user.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium contains a plurality of instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- sending, from a first user of a first client device, a first set of social interaction options to a second client device of a second user as part of a new social connection request, the first set of social interaction options being customizable by the second user within the new social connection request;
- in response to receiving the new social connection request from the first user that establishes a new social connection with the second user, determine the first set of social interaction options for the new social connection via a set of pre-set social configuration settings that are configured to be modified as part of the new social connection request, wherein the set of pre-set social configuration settings that are configured to be modified as part of the new social connection request are presented to the user in a multi-level menu, wherein each social interaction is a user interaction including active participation by the first user and the second user associated with the new social connection after the new social connection is made;
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- receive a response to the new social connection request from the second user indicating an acceptance of the new social connection request, the response further including a set of the social interaction options selected by the second user for the new social connection with the first user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.