Patent ID: 9465505
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: dynamically determining, by a computing device, a reputation threshold requirement for a first user to participate in a conference session of participating users, wherein the reputation threshold requirement is based upon, at least in part, a reputation profile of the conference session including a current average participant reputation of the participating users for the conference session, wherein the current average participant reputation is based upon at least one parameter of: an average of a number of users connected to the participating users, an average of a number of previous contributions by the participating users, and an average of a number of social actions associated with at least a portion of the number of previous contributions by the participating users; determining whether a reputation of the first user satisfies the reputation threshold requirement for the conference session, based upon, at least in part, comparing the reputation of the first user with the reputation profile for the conference session, wherein the reputation of the first user includes a score based upon, at least in part, combined or averaged points achieved by the first user for each of one or more of: a number of users connected to the first user, a number of previous contributions by the first user, and a number of social actions associated with at least a portion of the number of previous contributions by the first user; enabling access to the conference session if the reputation of the first user satisfies the reputation threshold requirement for the conference session; disabling access to the conference session if the reputation of the first user fails to satisfy the reputation threshold requirement for the conference session; and receiving a selection from a controlling user enabling access to the conference session, wherein the selection indicates whether to enable or disable access by the first user to the conference session.