Patent ID: 11972465
Assignee: EBAY INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a system server from a first user device of a first user, electronic data comprising category specifications for a first access category and a second access category;
transmitting, by the system server via an API call to a social network hosted on a server, a request for a data element associated with a first connection between the first user and a second user in a social network;
responsive to transmitting the request, receiving, by the system server, the data element associated with the first connection between the first user and the second user;
based on the data element, identifying, by the system server, the first connection between the first user and the second user within a social structure of the social network;
generating, by the system server, a digital mapping of the first connection between the first user and the second user;
constructing, by the system server, a social graph based on the social structure of the social network;
based on the social graph, determining, by the system server, an access category of the second user in relation to the first user, the access category of the second user being the first access category;
causing presentation, by the system server, of a category list to a second user device of the second user that includes a set of category specifications offered by the first user;
receiving an indication, by the system server from the second user device, of a first category specification from the set of category specifications, the first category specification being associated with the first access category;
generating, by the system server, a graphic representing the first access category; and
based on the indication of the first category specification, the digital mapping, and the social graph, causing, via a communication network, display of the graphic representing the first access category on the second user device, the graphic including terms consistent with the first category specification.