Sharing network addresses
AssigneeOath Inc.
InventorTimothy O'SHAUGHNESSY
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Abstract
A network address assigned a shared designation by a first client computer is received, in a first data format, automatically, at a host computer from the first client computer. The network address is categorized and published. Publishing the network address includes converting the network address into a second data format, receiving, at the host computer, a subscription request from a second client computer, and sending the network address to the second client computer in response to receiving the subscription request.
Claims21
1-57. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method for sharing a network address, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:
- receiving from a client computer, over a network, a user group identification corresponding to a network address shared by a publishing user;
- categorizing the network address into at least one category based on categorization data accessed from a categorization database;
- determining, based on the user group identification and the at least one category, whether a first recipient user is permitted to receive the network address;
- and
- sending, based on a determination that the first recipient user is permitted to receive the network address, the network address to the first recipient user.
A device for sharing a network address comprising:
- a memory device for storing instructions;
- and
- a receiver that includes at least one processor that is configured to:
- receive from a client computer, over a network, a user group identification corresponding to a network address shared by a publishing user;
- categorize the network address into at least one category based on categorization data accessed from a categorization database;
- determine, based on the user group identification and the at least one category, whether a first recipient user is permitted to receive the network address;
- and
- send, based on a determination that the first recipient user is permitted to receive the network address, the network address to the first recipient user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.