Patent ID: 9684937
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer program product for allowing a user to view network contacts of other users when visiting an environment of a different organization, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising the programming instructions for: receiving a request, by a network contact access mechanism in a multi-tenant social networking environment, from a visitor of a first organization using a client device to view a profile of another user; responsive to receiving said request, obtaining, by said network contact access mechanism, said first organization of said visitor; obtaining, by said network contact access mechanism, a second organization and network contacts of said another user in response to validating said first organization of said visitor; determining, by said network contact access mechanism, whether said first organization and said second organization are the same organization; providing, by said network contact access mechanism, access to all obtained network contacts of said another user to said client device of said visitor in response to said first organization and said second organization being the same organization; displaying said requested profile of said another user containing all of said network contacts of said another user to said visitor in response to said first organization and said second organization being the same organization thereby allowing said visitor to expand his/her network contacts; providing, by said network contact access mechanism, access to only network contacts of said another user that are employees of said first organization in response to said another user and said visitor not being employees of said first organization; and displaying said requested profile of said another user containing only network contacts of said another user that are employees of said first organization and not containing other network contacts of said another user that are employees of other organizations in response to said another user and said visitor not being employees of said first organization.