Patent ID: 8195601

Claim:
A method for enabling a visitor to a profile page for a user of a social networking application to modify an incomplete user profile associated with the profile page, the method comprising: receiving a request for the profile page for the user of the social networking application, the profile page comprising data stored in the incomplete user profile and an invitation for the visitor to provide new data that is not presently included in the data stored in the incomplete user profile in order to assist the user with creation of a complete user profile, thereby at least partially alleviating a burden from the user to self-complete the incomplete user profile; providing the profile page in response to the request; receiving a request to modify the incomplete user profile to include the new data in response to the invitation contained in the profile page; and modifying the incomplete user profile to include the new data in response to receiving the request to modify the user profile, thereby assisting the user with creation of the complete user profile.