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US 9,477,941 B2Granted
Genealogy system for interfacing with social networks
AssigneeIntelius
InventorsIlya Nikolayev, Andrew Merkatz
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Abstract
A system for managing genealogy data is provided. The system includes a genealogy application for storing genealogy account identification data for a first genealogy account. A social network interface receives data from the first genealogy account and provides genealogical data to the genealogy application. A relative invitation system generates an invitation to a user to create a second genealogy account for the genealogy application.
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A system for managing genealogy data comprising:
- a genealogy application operating on a processor and operable to store genealogy account identification data for a first genealogy account;
- a social network interface operating on a processor and operable to receive data from the first genealogy account and to provide data from the social network to the genealogy application;
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- a relative invitation system operating on a processor and operable to identify a genealogical relative from the social network data without input from a user, to present the genealogical relative to the user for approval to be invited to form an association with a genealogical data structure, and to generate an invitation to the genealogical relative to allow the genealogical relative to be automatically added to the genealogical data structure.
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A method for managing genealogy data comprising:
- creating a genealogy account for a user with a processor;
- associating genealogical data for the genealogy account with the processor;
- electronically receiving relative data from a first social network, including access restriction data;
- automatically identifying a person associated with the relative data if the person has not restricted access with the processor;
- electronically transmitting an invitation to the person;
- receiving an acceptance of the invitation from the person associated with the relative data with the processor;
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- automatically associating the relative data from the first social network with the genealogy account with the processor and without approval from the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.