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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL OF PERSONAL IDENTITIES IN VIRTUAL NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS

  • US 20090259485A1
  • Filed: 04/10/2009
  • Published: 10/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of controlling personal identities of participants in online networking environments, the method comprising:

  • providing a platform for a plurality of users to initiate an online social networking activity, the platform providing access to each of the plurality of users to one or more online social networks;

    providing, to a first user of the platform, an interface to enable the first user to select a first dynamic alias prior to logging in to a specific online social network, wherein the dynamic alias hides a true identity of the first user associated with the specific online social network;

    retaining, by the platform, a correlation between the true identity of the first user and the first dynamic alias of the first user; and

    providing, by the platform, access to the first user to the specific online social network, wherein the platform enables the first user to utilize the first dynamic alias to interact with other users of the specific online social network, and wherein the true identity of the first user is hidden from other users of the specific online social network.

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