SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSIENT FRIENDS
First Claim
1. A method for manipulating a friend list within a social network for a first user comprising:
- selecting a second user from a list of users proximate the first user;
determining whether the second user is a persisted friend of the first user within the social network;
identifying, for the first user, the second user that is associated with a location within a proximate area of the first user as a possible transient friend of the first user in the social network of the first user if the first user is not a persisted friend of the first user within the social network;
adding the second user as a transient friend of the first user; and
after adding the second user as a transient friend of the first user, monitoring the second user such that a status of the second user as a transient friend of the first user is based upon whether the second user continues to be associated with a location within the proximate area of the first user.
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Abstract
A system and method for identifying transient friends for a social network of a user are provided. A transient friend processing function obtains locations of a number of users or locations otherwise associated with the number of users. In order to identify transient friends for a first user, the transient friend processing function identifies other users associated with locations within a proximate area of the first user. For each of the identified users, the transient friend processing function compares a user profile of the first user to a user profile of the identified user to determine whether to add the identified user as a transient friend of the first user. If the transient friend processing function determines that the identified friend is to be added as a transient friend of the first user, the identified friend is then added as a transient friend of the first user.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for manipulating a friend list within a social network for a first user comprising:
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selecting a second user from a list of users proximate the first user; determining whether the second user is a persisted friend of the first user within the social network; identifying, for the first user, the second user that is associated with a location within a proximate area of the first user as a possible transient friend of the first user in the social network of the first user if the first user is not a persisted friend of the first user within the social network; adding the second user as a transient friend of the first user; and after adding the second user as a transient friend of the first user, monitoring the second user such that a status of the second user as a transient friend of the first user is based upon whether the second user continues to be associated with a location within the proximate area of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively coupling the system to a plurality of user devices associated with a plurality of users via a communication network; and a control system associated with the communication interface and adapted to; obtain information identifying a location associated with each of the plurality of users; create a list of users proximate a first user; select a second user from the list of users proximate a first user; determine whether the second user is a persisted friend of the first user within a social network; identify, for the first user of the plurality of users, the second user of the plurality of users that is associated with a location within a proximate area of the first user as a transient friend of the first user in the social network of the first user; add the second user as a transient friend of the first user; and after adding the second user as a transient friend of the first user, monitor the second user such that a status of the second user as a transient friend of the first user is based upon whether the second user continues to be associated with a location within the proximate area of the first user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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identifying a location associated with a first user; identifying a social network associated with the first user; identifying as possible transient friends, for the first user, one or more second users associated with the location and who are members of the social network of the first user and who are not already associated with the first user; adding at least one of the one or more second users as a transient friend of the first user; and after adding the second user as a transient friend of the first user, monitoring the second user such that a status of the second user as a transient friend of the first user is based upon whether the second user continues to be associated with a location within a proximate area of the first user.
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