Patent ID: 9224008
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, an indication that identifies a first user profile as impersonating a second user profile on one or more social networks; retrieving, using the one or more computing devices, first user profile information associated with the first user profile and second user profile information associated with the second user profile, wherein the first user profile information include first acquaintance relationship information that describes acquaintance relationships for the first user profile on the one or more social networks, and the second user profile information includes second acquaintance relationship information that describes acquaintance relationships for the second user profile on the one or more social networks; comparing, by the one or more computing device, the first acquaintance relationship information with the second acquaintance relationship information; based at least in part on the comparison of the first acquaintance relationship information with the second acquaintance relationship information, determining whether the first user profile is impersonating the second user profile; and when it is determined that the first user profile is impersonating the second user profile, returning, using the one or more computing devices and in response to determining that the first user profile is impersonating the second user profile, an indication that the first user profile is impersonating the second user profile.