Patent ID: 8286086

Claim:
A system for managing a display of visitor information on a website over a network, comprising: a central registration server that is configured to perform actions, including: receiving visitor information including at least one of an alias, an avatar, or a comment; and a social networking server configured to display contents of the website, and to perform actions, including: requesting the visitor information from the central registration server for at least one visitor; selectively displaying the visitor information within a widget, wherein the widget comprises the selectively displayed visitor information and a hidden data control; and if a mouse pointer or screen cursor is relocated substantially within the widget, selectively automatically displaying the hidden data control, such that the displayed hidden data control is used to change at least some of the display of the visitor information, wherein selectively automatically displaying the hidden data control further comprises: determining if relocating the mouse pointer or screen cursor is an action performed by the visitor, another visitor, or an owner of the social networking server website; if the action is by the visitor for which the visitor information is about, enabling the visitor to modify at least some of the display of the visitor information, the visitor information being provided directly to the social networking server website by other than the visitor; if the action is by another visitor, inhibiting displaying of the hidden data control for the visitor's information such that the other visitor is inhibited from modifying the display of the visitor information; and if the action is by the owner, enabling the display of the hidden data control such that the owner is enabled to modify the display of the visitor's information or the other visitor's information.