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Method and system of private messaging in a family networking computing platform

  • US 10,187,348 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2017
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of a managing an online social network comprising:

  • providing an online social network, wherein the online social network comprises a set of nodes, wherein each node represents user and a set of relationships between each node;

    identifying a set of users that are members of the same family;

    identifying each node of the set of users that are members of the same family;

    when a member of the set of users interacts with another member of the set of users;

    determine an interaction;

    determine a family-relationship status between the member and the other member; and

    score the interaction;

    generating a family bonding index based on a family relationship status, of the member and the other member and the score the interaction, and wherein the family relationship status of the member and the other member comprises a parent and child relationship, a spousal relationship and a grandparent and grandchild relationship;

    updating the set of relationships of the online social network based on the family bonding index;

    providing an online social networking messenger service, wherein the online social-networking messenger service enables the member and the other member to interact via a chat protocol wherein the chat protocol comprises private chat messages between the member and the other member that are not visible to any other user of the online social-networking messenger service;

    generating an aggregated family bonding index from the aggregated interaction scores for all the members of the family for a specified period; and

    aggregating the interaction scores for all the members of the family for a specified period;

    andwherein the chat protocol comprises a private reply option, wherein he private reply is shown only to a user included in the private reply,wherein another private reply in response to the private reply is hidden from any other participant of the group chat,wherein the chat protocol comprises a private online social networking status post that is visible only to a specified subset of the set of users that are members of the same family, in the chat protocol provides an option for a user to post a private comment in between public posts and a set of group chat messages, and wherein the user can set a time-based lifespan of a private comment such that the private comment is no longer visible after the time-based lifespan has elapsed, andwherein a subset of the set of relationships of the online social network based on the family bonding index are designated as an invisible connection, wherein the user identifies the subset of invisible connections, and wherein the subset of invisible connections is not visible to with other users of the online social network.

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