Patent ID: 8296373
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing a policy threshold for a plurality of different types of user actions performed in a social networking system, wherein the policy threshold comprises a first non-zero predetermined number of times that a user performs an action that affects one or more users within a specific group of users of the social networking system and a second non-zero predetermined number of times that the user performs an action that affects one or more users outside the specific group of users, and wherein the first predetermined number is greater than the second predetermined number; maintaining by the computer system, for a first user, a count for the number of times intra-group actions are performed and for the number of times inter-group actions are performed; receiving information about the first user of the social networking system performing an intra-group action or an inter-group action; determining by the computer system whether the count of user actions by the first user exceeds the policy threshold based at least in part on whether the action is an intra-group action or an inter-group action; and taking a corrective action responsive to the count exceeding the policy threshold.