# US 2014/0195613 A1 · Offline Names Addressing Online Community Web Pages > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195613 A1 - Document ID: US20140195613A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/201,826 - Filed: 2014-03-08 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2006-11-14 - Inventors: John W. Ogilvie - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195613A1 ## CPC - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 63/0421: {Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Avoidance criteria are obtained and used to help prevent offline encounters between members of an online community by limiting online communications between members who share some aspect of offline life, thereby reducing the risk of offline encounters that could otherwise arise from online interaction. For each member of the online community, a system provider obtains one or more avoidance criteria ratified by the member and associates them with the member. Avoidance criteria include aspects of the member's offline life, such as geographic regions in which the member resides or plans to travel, organizations in which the member is active, and other interests and activities of the member. Respective avoidance criteria of different members are compared to determine whether the members share at least one avoidance criterion. Online communication between members who share an avoidance criterion is automatically limited. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-24. (canceled) ### Claim 25 A computerized method for use by an online service provider for online identity management, the method comprising: a computer system reading a user's offline identity information from secure storage; the computer system automatically generating from the user's offline identity information a proposed web address which includes at least a portion of the user's offline identity information; and the computer system displaying the proposed web address to the user. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the user has multiple online identities managed by the online service provider. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the computer system automatically generates from the user's offline identity information a proposed web address which includes at least one of the following: the user's offline personal name, the user's offline family name. ### Claim 28 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the computer system automatically generates from the user's offline identity information a proposed web address which includes the user's offline legal name. ### Claim 29 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system gathering offline identity information from the user during registration of the user as a member of an online community. ### Claim 30 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system informing the user that entering an offline name is required to participate in an online community. ### Claim 31 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system requiring that the user accept a level of offline encounter risk before the user can participate fully in an online community, where the level offline encounter risk represents the user's willingness to risk encountering offline some other member of the online community. ### Claim 32 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system accepting the proposed web address from the user. ### Claim 33 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the proposed web address includes an offline name of the user, and the method further comprises the computer system using the proposed web address in a social network. ### Claim 34 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the proposed web address includes a nickname of the user, and the method further comprises the computer system using the proposed web address in a social network. ### Claim 35 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system subsequently disabling the proposed web address. ### Claim 36 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system subsequently disabling the proposed web address without notifying the user. ### Claim 37 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the method further comprises the computer system changing the proposed web address. ### Claim 38 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, wherein the computer system uses the proposed web address as a web address of a personal web page of the user. ### Claim 39 A computerized method for use by an online service provider for online identity management, the method comprising: a computer system reading a user's offline name from offline identity information located in a secure storage; the computer system automatically generating a web address which includes at least a portion of the user's offline name; and the computer system managing access to a web page in an online community using the generated web address. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the computer system uses the generated web address as a web address of a personal web page of the user in a social network. ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the online community is part of a social network. ### Claim 42 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the user has multiple online identities managed at least in part by the online service provider. ### Claim 43 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the computer system reads the user's offline name from offline identity information located in a database of user registrations in the secure storage. ### Claim 44 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein the computer system manages access to a web page of the user in a social network using the generated web address.