Patent ID: 8566396
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for sending an authentication request message in a social network, the method comprising: receiving, by a social network server, a first authentication request message from a first client to request to establish a social network relationship with a second client, the first authentication request message including identification information of a first client; sending, by the social network server, to a third client a confirmation request to send a second authentication request message to the second client, the third client having a social network relationship with the first client and having a direct social network relationship with the second client; sending, by the social network server, the second authentication request message to the third client after receiving a response to the confirmation request from the third client; in responding to a determination of the response to the confirmation request, modifying, by the social network server, the first client identification information in the first authentication request message to include identification information of the third client to obtain the second authentication request message; and sending, by the social networking server, the second authentication request message to the second client.