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Social Network of Identities and Query Method Therefor

  • US 20080021870A1
  • Filed: 07/15/2004
  • Published: 01/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of gathering information in a social network requested by a first entity, wherein the social network includes the first entity, a second entity and a third entity, the first and second entities having a social relationship, and the second and third entities having a social relationship, wherein each of the first, second and third entities have first, second and third identity accounts, respectively, embodied on one or more computers connected in a computer network, wherein the first and second entities have an electronic contract specifying data the first and second entities have agreed to share, and the second and third entities have an electronic contract specifying data the second and third entities have agreed to share, the method comprising,receiving a request for the information requested by the first entity;

  • searching for the information in response to the request; and

    if the information is located in the second identity account, sending the information in response to the request for information if the information corresponds to the data specified in the electronic contract between the first and second entities, and if the information is located in the third identity account, sending the information in response to the request for the information if the information corresponds to the data specified in the electronic contract between the second and third entities.

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