Patent ID: 9154536
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: recording logical relationship information describing one-to-one logical relationships between a first user and other users, the logical relationship information associated with a social networking service; receiving content from the first user, the content being an image having been generated by a camera embedded in the first user device; selecting, at a server using at least one processor, a first user group, from among a plurality of possible user groups available for selection by the server, with which to associate the first user based on the logical relationship information and the content, the first user group including a plurality of users including at least one user not having a logical relationship with the first user; and transmitting the received content to a plurality of users in the first user group, the transmitting being limited based on filters corresponding to one or more of the users in the first user group, each filter indicating content not to be received by a corresponding user in the first user group.