METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING AN INVITEE USER WHEN AN INVITING USER ACCESSES A SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an access request from an inviting terminal requesting access to a social networking application, the access request being associated with a user identifier;
searching a contact database, based on the user identifier and on an application identifier associated with the social networking application, to identify contact information associated with an invitee terminal; and
sending a notification message based on the contact information, the notification message useable to indicate to the invitee terminal that the inviting terminal has accessed the social networking application.
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Abstract
A system and method may include receiving an access from an inviting terminal requesting access to a social networking application, the access request may be associated with a user identifier, searching a contact database, based on the user identifier and on an application identifier of the social networking application, to identify contact information associated with an invitee terminal, and generating a notification message based on the contact information, the notification message may be useable to indicate to the invitee terminal that the inviting terminal has accessed the social networking application.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an access request from an inviting terminal requesting access to a social networking application, the access request being associated with a user identifier; searching a contact database, based on the user identifier and on an application identifier associated with the social networking application, to identify contact information associated with an invitee terminal; and sending a notification message based on the contact information, the notification message useable to indicate to the invitee terminal that the inviting terminal has accessed the social networking application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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receiving an access request from inviting terminal requesting access to a social networking application, the access request being associated with a user identifier; searching a contact database based on the user identifier to identify contact information associated with an invitee terminal; and sending a notification message, based on the contact information, for communication to the invitee terminal outside of the social networking application to indicate that the inviting terminal has accessed the social networking application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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an inviting terminal communicatively coupled to a network, the inviting terminal to generate an access request to request access to a social networking application, the access request being associated with a user identifier; an invitee terminal communicatively coupled to the network; and a server communicatively coupled to the network, the server to receive the access request, to grant the inviting terminal access to the social networking application, and to search a contact database based on the user identifier to identify contact information associated with the invitee terminal, the server to send a notification message, based on the contact information, for communication to the invitee terminal outside of the social networking application to indicate that the inviting terminal has accessed the social networking application. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a communication module to receive an access request via a network; an authentication module communicatively coupled to the communication module, the authentication module to grant an inviting terminal access to a social networking application based on the access request, the access request being associated with a user identifier; a contact module communicatively coupled to the authentication module, the contact module to search a contact database based on the user identifier to identify contact information associated with an invitee terminal; and a notification module communicatively coupled to the contact module, the notification module to send a notification message, based on the contact information, for communication to the invitee terminal outside of the social networking application to indicate that the inviting terminal has accessed the social networking application.
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