Patent ID: 8126759
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G06Q,G08B,H04L,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A social networking system, comprising a server system that provides functionality for users to register with a service, and to selectively establish contact relationships with other registered users of the service such that each registered user can have one or more contacts defined within the social networking system, the server system additionally providing functionality for each registered user to supply and update personal data for viewing by other users, wherein the server system is responsive to a request by a first registered user to establish a contact relationship with a second registered user by notifying the second registered user of the request, and by providing an option for the second registered user to respond to the request by taking an action that causes a contact relationship to be established between the first and second registered users; and a computer data repository accessed by the server system, said computer data repository configured to store said personal data supplied by the registered users, and to store relationship data that specifies said contact relationships established between registered users;