Patent ID: 9135664
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, by an apparatus, first data originating from a first user, a first user identifier, or a combination thereof at a network service; determining, by the apparatus, one or more second user identifiers associated with the first user identifier with respect to the first data based, at least in part, on at least one real-world physical spatial vicinity between a first device associated with the first user identifier and one or more second devices associated with the one or more second user identifiers; associating, by the apparatus, at least one of the one or more second user identifiers with the first data; causing, at least in part, a transmission of a secret to at least one device of the one or more devices associated with the at least one second user identifiers; granting, by the apparatus based, at least in part, on the secret included in a vote, an ownership right for the first data to at least one second user identified by the at least one second user identifier, wherein the ownership right includes a right to cast the vote that controls posting of the first data into one or more profile pages of the first user in the network service; and presenting the one or more profile pages with controlled posting of the first data to one or more devices in the network service.