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PSEUDONAMING ANONYMOUS PARTICIPANTS

  • US 20110138302A1
  • Filed: 12/03/2009
  • Published: 06/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-based method for assigning familiar pseudonames to anonymous user members in a shared online environment, comprising:

  • providing for creation of a name pool using a programmed processor disposed in a computing device, where the name pool comprises familiar names that can be contextually relevant to a group of user members in the shared online environment; and

    providing for a name from the name pool to be assigned to an anonymous user member in the shared online environment, where the assignment of the name can at least in part be, based on characteristics of the anonymous user member relative to the shared online environment.

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