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ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC SOCIAL NETWORKS

  • US 20100088340A1
  • Filed: 10/07/2008
  • Published: 04/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • defining a social network as a set of users U={u, u′

    , . . . ,};

    defining a set of relationships between users O



    U, wherein (u, u′



    O responsive to user uε

    U and user u′

    ε

    U mutually agreeing to enter a relationship;

    defining a set of attributes of the social network A={a1, a2, . . . }, wherein Au

    A denotes a set of the attributes of the user u;

    defining a set of contacts of the user u, wherein Uu;

    ={u′

    |(u,u′



    O};

    defining a user profile of the user u Iu=Au

    Uu;

    defining a metric M={m1, m2, . . . } where a metric mi is a tuple (name, range, type), wherein Mu′

    includes metrics associated with the user u′

    ;

    receiving a rating of a metric of user u′

    from the user u, wherein a pair (mu′

    ,i


    i) denotes the rating of a metric of user u′

    , V defines a universe of types, and Ruu′

    ={(mu′

    ,1


    1), . . . , (mu′

    ,k


    k)} denotes a set of ratings of the user u′

    defined by the user u;

    defining a condition cε

    C, wherein C is a set of conditions operative to determine authorization of access to Iu;

    defining a set of elements Z={z1, z2, . . . }, wherein zn includes an access category associated with Iu;

    receiving a request for access to Iu from user u′

    ;

    determining authorization for user u′

    to access a subset of Iu by an access control function U×



    Pow(R)×

    C→

    Pow(Iu×

    Z); and

    outputting a subset of Iu to user u′

    as determined by the access control function to a user terminal for display to the user.

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