Patent ID: 9501659
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for enabling the inheritance of social network information from a first social networking contact to a second social networking contact, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor comprising hardware, an identification of the first social networking contact; obtaining, by the processor, an identification of the social network information; receiving, by the processor, at least one criterion defining a condition under which the second social networking contact is to be enabled to inherit the social network information; monitoring, by the processor, to determine that the at least one criterion has been met; and notifying the second social networking contact by the processor, after the determination that the at least one criterion has been met and after an identification of the second social networking contact has been made, that the second social networking contact is eligible to inherit the social network information; wherein the at least one criterion comprises at least one of: (a) the second social networking contact has reached a certain age; and (b) a specific date has passed; and wherein the notification of the second social networking contact that the second social networking contact is eligible to inherit the social network information is triggered by the determination that the at least one criterion has been met.