Social computing personas for protecting identity in online social interactions
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorEric Mayers
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Abstract
A system and method for generating a plurality of personas for an account of a user is disclosed. The present invention uses an account engine to receive information for the plurality of personas and to associate the information for the plurality of personas to the account. The information for each of the plurality of personas includes a visibility level. A persona engine receives a selection from the user and transmits the selected persona to the user based on the selection. An authority engine determines an appearance of the selected persona based on the visibility level.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, using one or more computing devices, information for a persona from a first user, the information including a visibility level that determines visibility of the persona to different users and a permission to perform certain actions for the persona;
- associating, using the one or more computing devices, the information for the persona with the account of the first user;
- receiving, using the one or more computing devices, a request to provide the information to a second user;
- determining, using the one or more computing devices, an appearance of the persona based on the visibility level and the permission;
- and
- providing, using the one or more computing devices, the persona to the second user for display.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to:
- receive information for a persona from a first user, the information including a visibility level that determines visibility of the persona to different users and a permission to perform certain actions for the persona;
- associate the information for the persona with the account of the first user;
- receive a request to provide the information to a second user;
- determine an appearance of the persona based on the visibility level and the permission;
- and
- provide the persona to the second user for display.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform steps comprising:
- receive information for a persona from a first user, the information including a visibility level that determines visibility of the persona to different users and a permission to perform certain actions for the persona;
- associate the information for the persona with the account of the first user;
- receive a request to provide the information to a second user;
- determine an appearance of the persona based on the visibility level and the permission;
- and
- provide the persona to the second user for display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.