Patent ID: 8763152
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method comprising: maintaining a single login status associated with a user account for a user of a social networking system; receiving a plurality of requests for social network information, wherein each request originates from one or more external systems outside of the social networking system, and the social network information is maintained by the social networking system and is associated with the user account of the social networking system; determining whether a user account of the one or more external systems is linked to the user account of the social networking system, and determining the single login status of the user account of the social networking system, and responsive to determining the single login status and whether the user accounts are linked: receiving a request to logout in response to a user request to logout from the one or more external system; and responsive to receiving the request to log out, logging out the user account from the social networking system and changing the single login status of the user account to indicate that the user account is not logged in.