IMPLICIT POPULATION OF ACCESS CONTROL LISTS
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Abstract
Communication applications may include lists of users with which a user of the application communicates. If two users of a communications application each include the other user on their user lists, an implicit trust may be established between the users. For example, if user A includes user B in her list and user B includes user A in his list, then it may be determined that each user knows and/or trusts the other user. As a result, a connection or communications pathway may be automatically created between the client devices of the users to facilitate communications between the users based on the implicit trust.
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19 Claims
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2. A method comprising:
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logging a first client device into a server; logging a second client device into the server; accessing, using the server, a first user list associated with a first user of the first client device; accessing, using the server, a second user list associated with a second user of the second client device, wherein the first user list and the second user list are maintained separately from one another; analyzing, using the server, the accessed first user list to determine whether an identifier of the second user is included in the first user list; analyzing, using the server, the accessed second user list to determine whether an identifier the first user is included in the second user list; regulating, using the server, a communications pathway between the first client device and the second client device based on both the determination of whether the identifier of the first user is included on the second user list and the determination of whether the identifier of the second user is included on the first user list.
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8. A system comprising:
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a first client device; a second client device; and a server configured to; access a first user list associated with a first user of the first client device; access a second user list associated with a second user of the second client device, wherein the first user list and the second user list are maintained separately from one another; analyze the accessed first user list to determine whether an identifier of the second user is included in the first user list; analyze the accessed second user list to determine whether an identifier the first user is included in the second user list; and regulate a communications pathway between the first client device and the second client device based on both the determination of whether the identifier of the first user is included on the second user list and the determination of whether the identifier of the second user is included on the first user list. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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14. A host system comprising:
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an interface to receive a communication from a first client device associated with a first user and to transmit a communication to a second client device associated with a second user; storage to store a first user list associated with the first user and to store a second user list associated with the second user; and a host configured to; determine an identifier of the first user and an identifier of the second user; access the first user list associated with the first user of the first client device; access the second user list associated with the second user of the second client device, wherein the first user list and the second user list are maintained separately from one another; analyze the accessed first user list to determine whether an identifier of the second user is included in the first user list; analyze the accessed second user list to determine whether an identifier the first user is included in the second user list; and regulate a communications pathway between the first client device and the second client device based on both the determination of whether the identifier of the first user is included on the second user list and the determination of whether the identifier of the second user is included on the first user list. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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