Method and system for establishing a trust association
AssigneeTwitter, Inc.
InventorBen Ward
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Abstract
A method for establishing a trust association includes receiving, by a server, a request to associate a web source with an account, the request having a link to the web source, and accessing, by the server, the web source in response to the request to associate. The method further includes locating, by the server and within the web source, a tag associated with the account, creating, by the server and in response to locating the tag within the web source, a trust association between the account and the web source, and providing, by the server, an indication of the trust association for display in a user interface of a client device.
Claims20
A method for establishing a trust association, comprising:
- receiving, by a server, a request to associate a web source with a first account, the request comprising a first link to the web source;
- accessing, by the server, the web source in response to the request to associate;
- locating, by the server and within the web source, a first tag associated with the first account;
- creating, by the server and in response to locating the first tag within the web source, a first trust association between the first account and the web source;
- and
- providing, by the server, an indication of the first trust association for display in a user interface of a client device.
A method for establishing a trust association, comprising:
- receiving, by a server and from a client device associated with a first account, a request to associate the first account with a web source;
- identifying, by the server and within the web source, a first tag associated with the first account;
- creating, by the server and in response to the first tag, a first trust association between the first account and the web source;
- sending, by the server and to the client device, a first confirmation of creating the first trust association;
- and
- providing, by the server, an indication of the first trust association for display in a user interface of a client device.
A system, comprising:
- a server, executing an application for establishing a trust association and comprising functionality to:
- receive a request to associate a web source with a first account, the request comprising a first link to the web source;
- access the web source in response to the request to associate;
- locate, within the web source, a first tag associated with the first user;
- create, in response to locating the first tag within the web source, a first trust association between the first account and the web source in the SN;
- and
- provide an indication of the first trust association for display in a user interface of a client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.