Patent ID: 8700710
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a first computing device of a first user, a second computing device of a second user, wherein the second computing device is within a predefined proximity of the first computing device, wherein the predefined proximity comprises a predefined proximity for Near Field Communication, wherein the first user and the second user are each associated with a social networking service, and wherein a social network associated with the first user comprises a plurality of social subnetworks; receiving, by the first computing device and from the second computing device, identification data of the second user, wherein the identification data of the second user is received by the first computing device directly from the second computing device within the predefined proximity for Near Field Communication; determining, by the first computing device, an identifier of the second user based at least in part on the identification data received from the second computing device, wherein the identifier uniquely identifies the second user in the social networking service; receiving, by the first computing device, user input to select one or more social subnetworks in which to include the second user, the one or more social subnetworks selected by the first user being from amongst the plurality of social subnetworks of the first user, wherein the one or more social subnetworks each respectively comprise a collection of users in the social networking service, the one or more social subnetworks providing the first user with control of distribution of social networking content provided by the first user in the social networking service; and sending, to a remote computing device that provides the social networking service, a request to associate the second user with the one or more social subnetworks selected by the first user.