Identity management for open overlay for social networks and online services
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1. A method of forming a social network of users, said method comprising:
- determining when a user has invited a new user to join the social network;
forming a temporary group that includes the new user in response to the invitation;
providing information to the temporary group that indicates existing groups of the social network;
selecting an existing group based on input received from the new user; and
distributing information about the new user among users of the existing group selected by the new user.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for managing the multiple identities used by a user. The user'"'"'s existing contact lists, website accounts, buddy lists, and the like are analyzed to determine the identities used by the user. A graph is then constructed in order to track and integrate the multiple identities of the user in a social network. The social network graph may then be used by a social network overlay so that the user can share information across their different identities with different users that only know some of the user'"'"'s multiple identities.
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1. A method of forming a social network of users, said method comprising:
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determining when a user has invited a new user to join the social network; forming a temporary group that includes the new user in response to the invitation; providing information to the temporary group that indicates existing groups of the social network; selecting an existing group based on input received from the new user; and distributing information about the new user among users of the existing group selected by the new user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of forming a social network of users, said method comprising:
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identifying multiple invitations to a new user; assigning the new user a temporary identity; distributing the temporary identity for the new user until the new user completes registration into the social network; notifying all inviters of the new user when the new user completes registration; and converting the temporary identity into a permanent identity when the new user completes registration into the social network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of viewing a user'"'"'s identity in a social network, wherein the user has a plurality of associated identity resources known by only some of the other users in the social network, said method comprising:
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receiving from another user a request to contact the user based on one of associated identity resources of the user; and restricting views of the other user for the identity of the user to the associated identity resource used by that other user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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