Identifying and using identities deemed to be known to a user
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1. A method comprising:
- maintaining a list of people associated with a user;
inferring that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on inclusion of the person in a contact list of a second person, wherein the second person is not the user;
adding the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
using the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list.
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Abstract
The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. For example, the people within a certain number of degrees of separation from the user may be considered as known to the user. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user'"'"'s communications.
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining a list of people associated with a user;
inferring that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on inclusion of the person in a contact list of a second person, wherein the second person is not the user;
adding the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
using the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 117, 118, 119)
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33. A method comprising:
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maintaining a list of people associated with a user;
inferring that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on a membership of the first person in a contact list that is associated with another person, wherein the contact list is not configured for direct access by the user;
adding the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
using the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method comprising:
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maintaining a list of people associated with a user;
inferring that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on the characteristics of one or more contact lists associated with other users, wherein the contact lists associated with the other users include communication identifiers selected by the other users;
adding the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
using the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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97. A computer usable medium have a computer program embodied thereon, wherein the computer program comprises instructions for causing a computer to perform the following operations:
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maintain a list of people associated with a user;
infer that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on inclusion of the person in a contact list of a second person, wherein the second person is not the user;
add the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
use the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128)
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129. A computer usable medium have a computer program embodied thereon, wherein the computer program comprises instructions for causing a computer to perform the following operations:
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maintaining a list of people associated with a user;
inferring that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on a membership of the first person in a contact list that is associated with another person, wherein the contact list is not configured for direct access by the user;
adding the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
using the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list. - View Dependent Claims (130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160)
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161. A computer usable medium have a computer program embodied thereon, wherein the computer program comprises instructions for causing a computer to perform the following operations:
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maintaining a list of people associated with a user;
inferring that a person is associated with the user based, at least in part, on the characteristics of one or more contact lists associated with other users, wherein the contact lists associated with the other users include communication identifiers selected by the other users;
adding the inferred person to the list of people associated with the user; and
using the list to control aspects of communications between the user and others based on whether the others are included on the list. - View Dependent Claims (162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192)
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