Patent ID: 7885901

Claim:
A method for managing a communication in an online social network, comprising: tracking first information related to at least one behavior of a first subscriber of an online portal, wherein the at least one behavior is online between the first subscriber and another subscriber and separate from other behavior between a plurality of members within the online social network, and wherein the first information is determined by the online portal regarding the at least one behavior that is separate from the plurality of members of the online social network; tracking second information of a current online action of a second subscriber that is separate from at least other current online actions by the plurality of members within the online social network, determining second subscriber profile information based, in part, on the tracked second information of the second subscriber; if the second subscriber is a member of the online social network, employing at least a portion of the tracked first information and the tracked second information and at least a portion of the second subscriber's profile information to seed a second subscriber's subscriber-editable online social network contact list with a contact address information regarding the first subscriber for the second subscriber to invite the first subscriber to become a second member of the online social network, wherein the contact list is managed by the second subscriber, wherein the contact address information is associated with the tracked first information related to the at least one behavior of the first subscriber, and wherein the seeding of the contact list is based at least on a determination that the contact list is unpopulated; if the first information indicates that the first subscriber is associated with spamming activity, providing the information about spamming activity to the second subscriber to enable the second subscriber to delete the first subscriber from the second subscriber's seeded online social network contact list independent of an action from another subscriber, wherein the indication comprises a flag in the second subscriber's seeded online social network contact list; and employing the seeded online social network contact list to enable the second subscriber to send the communication to the second member of the online social network.