Implementing security in a social application
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJonathan Dunne, Jason Flood, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Ian D. Stewart
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Abstract
Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.
Claims21
A system for implementing security in social applications, comprising processing resources communicating with memory resources to implement:
- an inference engine to infer a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy;
- a security implementation engine to implement a security level individualized to said connection based on said closeness level;
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- a monitoring engine to monitor communications between said user's profile and said connection.
A computer program product for implementing security in social applications, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said tangible computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therewith, said computer readable program code comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to:
- infer a closeness level of a relationship between a user and a person listed as a connection in the user's profile of a social application, said inference engine inferring the closeness level based on a closeness policy;
- implement a security level individualized to said person listed as a connection, the security level implemented being determined based on said closeness level;
- monitor communications between said user and said person listed as a connection;
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- adjust said closeness level in response to real time monitoring of said communications.
A system for implementing security in social applications, comprising processing resources communicating with memory resources to implement:
- an inference engine to infer a closeness level of a relationship between a user and a person listed as a connection in the user's profile of a social application, said inference engine inferring the closeness level based on a closeness policy;
- a security implementation engine to implement a security level individualized to said person listed as a connection, the security level implemented being determined based on said closeness level;
- a monitoring engine to monitor communications between said user and said person listed as a connection;
- an adjusting engine to adjust said closeness level in response to real time monitoring of said communications;
- a removing engine to remove said connection from said user's profile based on a behavior of said person listed as a connection and said closeness level;
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- a threshold determination engine to determine a closeness level threshold where connections are removed from said user's profile in response to falling below said closeness level threshold.
A system for implementing security in social applications, comprising processing resources communicating with memory resources to implement:
- an inference engine to infer a closeness level of a relationship between a user and a person listed as a connection in the user's profile of a social application, said inference engine inferring the closeness level based on a closeness policy;
- and
- a security implementation engine to implement a security level individualized to said person listed as a connection, the security level implemented being determined based on said closeness level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.