Patent ID: 8683557

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining by a processor that a user, under an individual user identity, is authorized to manage a personal activity on a social network provided by a social network application; determining by the processor that the individual user identity is authorized to act as a delegate for an organization having an identity on the social network that is distinct from the individual user identity belonging to the user; setting a translator for processing input provided by the user under the individual user identity while acting as the delegate for the organization; receiving by the processor under the individual user identity input from the user to manage a business activity associated with the organization; determining the user to be acting as the delegate for the organization based on the input; translating with the translator the input to manage the business activity from being received under the individual user identity to being received under the identity of the organization; and automatically providing translator data describing the input to manage the business activity as being received under the identity of the organization to the social network application, the social network application being configured to provide data describing the business activity for presentation to one or more other users of the social network.