Patent ID: 8688742
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device hosting an open overlay service, account information for a plurality of accounts of a first user, wherein each of the plurality of accounts is for a different social network service of a plurality of social network services that the first user is subscribed to; consolidating, by the computing device, the received account information for the plurality of accounts into a single identity for the first user; providing a single open overlay web site, wherein the plurality of social network services that the first user is subscribed to are available via the open overlay web site using the single identity; detecting, by the computing device, a post provided by a second user within one or more of the plurality of social network services by extracting data from a web site associated with the one or more of the plurality of social network services using the account information of the first user; notifying the first user of the post by the second user through the open overlay service; determining whether the first user has accessed the post; and generating a history that indicates at least one of whether the first user has accessed the post or when the first user has accessed the post.