Patent ID: 8712788

Claim:
A method of displaying a user's relationship status, the method comprising: receiving a user-identifying image, depicting a user's face, at an electronic computing device; selecting, at the electronic computing device, from a plurality of pre-defined recognizable personal-status identifiers at least one personal-status identifier indicative of a personal status of the user; at least partially surrounding the user-identifying image with a frame-like image, by the electronic computing device, the frame-like image having a unique visual perception characteristic corresponding to the selected at least one personal-status identifier indicative of a personal status of the user and leaving the user-identifying image substantially unobstructed such that the user's face is not encroached by the frame-like image and the user's face is not altered; and uploading the user-identifying image with the frame-like image to at least two different social networks so that the image is visually accessible to users on the at least two different social networks.