US 2017/0366641 A1 · SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES UNIVERSAL PROFILES

Abstract

A social networking platform can provide universal profiles. A universal profile can define a user's account on the social networking platform of the present invention and can include a number of different endpoints by which the user can establish channels with other users. These endpoints can include a phone number endpoint and an email endpoint as well as a number of endpoints pertaining to the user's profiles with other social networking platforms. A user can define which endpoints will be included in his or her universal profile. Then, when other users view the user's universal profile, they will be able to see which endpoints the user has included and will be able to create a channel with the user via any of the endpoints.

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Dependent claims

A method for creating a universal profile for a first user of a first social networking platform, the method comprising:

receiving, from the first user, endpoint information that includes one or more elements of contact information of the first user, the endpoint information also including one or more social network designations, each social network designation identifying another social networking platform with which the first user has a profile;
generating a universal profile for the first user, the universal profile including an endpoint for each element of contact information and for each social network designation included in the input;
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displaying a representation of the universal profile to a second user, the representation including an indication for each endpoint included in the universal profile.

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One or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of one or more computing devices implement a method for creating a universal profile for a first user of a first social networking platform, the method comprising:

receiving, from the first user, endpoint information that includes a phone number, an email address, and a social network designation which identifies another social networking platform with which the first user has a profile;
generating a universal profile for the first user, the universal profile including a phone number endpoint, an email endpoint, and a social network endpoint that are generated based on the endpoint information.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Social networking platform that provides universal profiles

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Social networking platform that provides universal profiles

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