Design and management of an online environment that serves hierarchical community networks
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1. A method comprising:
- providing an online environment for creating at least one community network including;
providing a hierarchy creation mechanism to create a plurality of groups organized in a hierarchy associated with the at least one community network;
providing inheritance of attributes between respective groups at different levels;
enabling a respective group in the at least one community network to manage a plurality of features associated with the respective 11 group; and
providing a secure work space in the respective group of the at least one community network.
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Abstract
An online environment for creating community networks using a hierarchical architecture to create groups in a given community network where users can organize and manage activities, communications, and payments, and develop links to other groups, and develop mutually-beneficial relationships with merchants in the local or group-related communities is described.
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1. A method comprising:
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providing an online environment for creating at least one community network including; providing a hierarchy creation mechanism to create a plurality of groups organized in a hierarchy associated with the at least one community network; providing inheritance of attributes between respective groups at different levels; enabling a respective group in the at least one community network to manage a plurality of features associated with the respective 11 group; and providing a secure work space in the respective group of the at least one community network. - 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, 33)
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34. A computer system comprising:
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a display; a main memory; a processor; and at least one program stored in the main memory and executed by the processor, the at least one program including; instructions for providing an online environment for creating at least one community network including; instructions for providing a hierarchy creation mechanism to create a plurality of groups organized in a hierarchy associated with the at least one community network; instructions for providing inheritance of attributes between respective groups at different levels; instructions for enabling a respective group in the at least one community network to manage a plurality of features associated with the respective group; and instructions for providing a secure work space in the respective group of the at least one community network. - View Dependent Claims (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, 65, 66)
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