Patent ID: 9336276
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating sharing of content items in a social network service, the method comprising: receiving data, via one or more processing devices, from a first user of the social network service for forming at least some users of the social network service associated with the user into a plurality of groups, each group comprising a group identifier and an associated set of one or more identified users; receiving from the first user, via one or more processing devices, a content item and an access identifier associated with the content item; and responsive to a group identifier satisfying an access rule that defines a relationship between the access identifier of the content item and a group identifier and is used to ascertain access rights to the content item by comparing the group identifier with the access identifier according to the access rule, allowing the set of one or more identified users associated with the group identifier access to the content item.