System and method for utilizing a transport structure in a social network environment
First Claim
1. A system for implementing an information distribution network, comprising:
- an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through said information distribution network;
user devices that device users utilize to communicate with said information service for receiving said information distribution services, a subset of said device users forming a social network with corresponding ones of said user devices; and
a transport structure that communicates with network entities in said information distribution network, said transport structure collecting metadata for providing selected information from said information service to targeted ones of said device users, said metadata including social network metadata from said subset of said device users of said social network.
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Abstract
A system for implementing an information distribution network includes an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through the information distribution network. User devices are utilized by device users to communicate with the information service for receiving the information distribution services. A subset of the device users form a social network with corresponding ones of the user devices. Transport structures are implemented for communicating with various network entities in the information distribution network. The transport structures collect appropriate metadata for providing selected information from the information service to targeted ones of the device users. The metadata includes social network metadata that characterizes the subset of device users from the social network.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for implementing an information distribution network, comprising:
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an information service that is configured to provide information distribution services through said information distribution network; user devices that device users utilize to communicate with said information service for receiving said information distribution services, a subset of said device users forming a social network with corresponding ones of said user devices; and a transport structure that communicates with network entities in said information distribution network, said transport structure collecting metadata for providing selected information from said information service to targeted ones of said device users, said metadata including social network metadata from said subset of said device users of said social network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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21. A user device for supporting an information distribution procedure, comprising:
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a device application that said user device utilizes to communicate with an information service for receiving information distribution services, a device user of said user device being in a social network with other member users and corresponding member user devices in an information distribution network; and a transport structure that communicates with network entities in said information distribution network, said transport structure collecting metadata for providing selected information from said information service to targeted ones of said device user and said other member users, said metadata including social network metadata from said social network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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