SECURE PROFILING METHOD PROVIDING PRIVACY IN SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS
First Claim
1. A method for providing profiles of users in a computer network in which a profiling user is associated with a group of associated users, comprisingexecuting an interface for the profiling user at a terminal coupled to the computer network, the interface providing a set of profile attributes and enabling linking of profile attributes from the set with selected associated users in the group of associated users, the profile attributes capable of use in the selection of advertisements;
- andlinking profile attributes from the set to associated users in response to input received via the interface;
storing profile records for the selected associated users, the profile record for a particular selected associated user including profile attributes linked to the associated user by the profiling user and a one-way encryption technique applied to a combination of parameters, including a profiling user identifier, a secret code of the profiling user, and an associated user identifier.
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Abstract
The present invention includes devices and methods for enabling private and secure data collection by profile servers relating to users that are associated with a profiling user in a social networking system. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
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1. A method for providing profiles of users in a computer network in which a profiling user is associated with a group of associated users, comprising
executing an interface for the profiling user at a terminal coupled to the computer network, the interface providing a set of profile attributes and enabling linking of profile attributes from the set with selected associated users in the group of associated users, the profile attributes capable of use in the selection of advertisements; - and
linking profile attributes from the set to associated users in response to input received via the interface; storing profile records for the selected associated users, the profile record for a particular selected associated user including profile attributes linked to the associated user by the profiling user and a one-way encryption technique applied to a combination of parameters, including a profiling user identifier, a secret code of the profiling user, and an associated user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing profiles of users in a computer network in which a profiling user is associated with a group of associated users, comprising,
a processor, a storage system coupled with the processor storing a plurality of executable instructions, the executable instructions including logic to present a user interface by which profile attributes chosen from a set of profile attributes are linked with selected associated users, and logic to store profile records for the selected associated users, the profile record for a particular selected associated user including profile attributes linked to the associated user by the profiling user and a one-way encryption technique applied to a combination of parameters including a profiling user identifier, a profiling user security factor, and an associated user identifier.
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19. An article of manufacture, comprising,
a machine readable medium; the computer program including executable instructions that comprise logic to present a user interface by which profile attributes chosen from a set of profile attributes are linked with selected associated users, and logic to store profile records for the selected associated users, the profile record for a particular selected associated user including a list of profile attributes linked to the associated user by the profiling user, and a one-way encryption technique applied to a combination of parameters including a profiling user identifier, a profiling user security factor, and an associated user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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