Patent ID: 8429277

Claim:
A method of utilizing aggregated social networking information, the method comprising: establishing a session with a first social networking service, the first social networking service provided by a first server; providing a social networking application for a user which is associated with the first social networking service, using a computer processor; obtaining authentication information associated with the user and the social networking application, the authentication information obtained from the first social networking service; requesting social networking information about the user over a communications network from a social networking aggregator, the social network aggregator provided by a second server, the request including the authentication information; receiving a response including first social networking information about a user including information from the first social networking service and second social networking information including information from a second social networking service, the second social networking service provided by a third server, the second social networking information supplied to the social networking aggregator by a second social networking application associated with the second social networking service, the second social networking application being a different application than the social networking application; and presenting the first and second social networking information to the user as part of the social networking application.