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US 2015/0312328 A1Published application
Social sharing of contacts information
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Maureen G. Leland, Siu Y. Maffa, Scott H. Prager
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Abstract
Sharing contact information among one or more communities or individuals in a social media environment, in one aspect, may comprise creating contact information associated with contact as social media content based on input from a first user. At least a portion of the contact information may be shared with a plurality of second users via a social media like application.
Claims8
A method of sharing contact information among one or more individuals or communities in social media environment, comprising:
- creating, by a processor, contact information associated with a contact as social media content based on input from a first user;
- allowing, by the processor, sharing of at least a portion of the contact information with a plurality of second users via a social media application, the allowing comprising at least:
- segmenting, by the processor, the contact information based on input from one or more of the first user and a user associated with the contact information, wherein one or more segments of the contact information can be designated for sharing and other of one or more of the contact information can be designated for not sharing;
- providing a micro-blogging capability associated with the contact information for the plurality of second users to comment on the contact information.
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