Patent ID: 9135601
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing access to features in a business context-based social network, wherein the method comprises: verifying a social network account of a first organization in the business context-based social network, the verified social network account of the first organization having associated therewith one or more authorized administrators of the verified social network account of the first organization, wherein the verifying comprises receiving from a verification entity a confirmation that the first organization is legitimate and that the one or more administrators are authorized by the first organization to administer the social network account of the first organization; providing an association between the verified social network account of the first organization and a social network account of a user of the business context-based social network, the association representative of a relationship between the user and the first organization outside of the business context-based social network, and indicating a role of the user with respect to the first organization; and based on the verifying the social network account of the first organization and on the providing the association, enabling, by a processor, for the social network account of the user, access to one or more features offered by a social network account of a second organization, different from the first organization, in the business context-based social network, wherein the access provided for the social network account of the user to the one or more features offered by the social network account of the second organization is authorized based on the provided association between the verified social network account of the first organization and the social network account of the user, and based further on enablement by the second organization of the access based on the provided association.