Patent ID: 8489516
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing a request to view profile information, the method executed by at least one computing device comprising a processor, the method comprising: receiving a request via a communications network from a first user to view profile information associated with a second user, the first user having a first user-established relationship with the second user in a social network; identifying a group associated with the second user based on a database of social network information, wherein the social network information comprises relationship information and profile information received from users of the social network, the group representing a second user-established relationship that includes a type of relationship and connecting a set of users having the second user-established relationship with the second user; identifying a privacy rule associated with the group based on the database of social network information, the privacy rule limiting access to information about the group based on the first user-established relationship and the second user-established relationship; the processor determining what profile information associated with second user to provide to the first user based at least in part on the privacy rule; and providing the determined profile information associated with the second user to the first user including the type of relationship that the second user has with the set of users.