Patent ID: 8296282
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a virtual community comprising: allocating for a first subscriber a first unit having an identifier and a second unit having an identifier, the second unit to be distributed to a user; associating the identifier of the first unit as a primary identifier and the identifier of the second unit as a sibling identifier, prior to use of the second unit, to create an associated community, wherein the associated community is based on a relationship between the identifiers; recognizing, in response to an initial use of the second unit with the sibling identifier, the community to which the user of the second unit with the sibling identifier belongs on the basis of the association; and substituting known preferences of the first subscriber for any unknown preferences of the user of the second unit, wherein the preferences are unrelated to subscription of the first subscriber.