Method And System For A Personal Network
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1. A method for operating an asynchronous sharing platform, the method comprising:
- displaying a graphical user interface screen on a display device of a first user of a social network, the graphical user interface screen including a first window pane and a second window pane;
displaying within the first window pane a navigational menu with a path sharing navigational icon and a path feed navigational icon;
displaying in the second window pane, in response to selection of the path sharing navigational icon, a path sharing interface to receive a request from the first user to unidirectionally share a path created by the first user with other users selected by the first user, wherein the path created by the first user includes a series of customized messages created by the first user; and
displaying in the second window pane, in response to selection of the path feed navigational icon, a path feed interface with unidirectionally shared paths created by one or more other users of the social network.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for asynchronous communications within an information sharing platform are provided. Traditional social network models use bi-directional friendship or unidirectional following. In contrast to these models, embodiments of the present invention provide for a unidirectional sharing friendship model. The unidirectional friendship model allows people to share information through a path of communications with a set of recipients selected by the sharer.
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1. A method for operating an asynchronous sharing platform, the method comprising:
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displaying a graphical user interface screen on a display device of a first user of a social network, the graphical user interface screen including a first window pane and a second window pane; displaying within the first window pane a navigational menu with a path sharing navigational icon and a path feed navigational icon; displaying in the second window pane, in response to selection of the path sharing navigational icon, a path sharing interface to receive a request from the first user to unidirectionally share a path created by the first user with other users selected by the first user, wherein the path created by the first user includes a series of customized messages created by the first user; and displaying in the second window pane, in response to selection of the path feed navigational icon, a path feed interface with unidirectionally shared paths created by one or more other users of the social network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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an account database having stored thereon a plurality of user accounts of an internet-based social network, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts have a user created path that is unidirectionally shared with other users; a sharing request module configured to receive a unidirectional path from one or more users of the internet-based social network, wherein each unidirectional path originates from an originating user, indicates a recipient list with one or more users selected by the originating user, and includes a communication created by the originating user to be shared with the one or more users on the recipient list; a distribution module communicably coupled to the sharing request module and configured to access the account database to determine routing information for pushing the unidirectional path of the originating user to the one or more users on the recipient list associated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions to cause one or more processors to:
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display a graphical user interface screen on a display device of a first user of a social network, the graphical user interface screen including a first window pane and a second window pane; display within the first window pane a navigational menu with a path sharing navigational icon and a path feed navigational icon; display in the second window pane, in response to selection of the path sharing navigational icon, a path sharing interface to receive a request from the first user to unidirectionally share a path created by the first user with other users selected by the first user, wherein the path created by the first user includes a series of customized messages created by the first user; and display in the second window pane, in response to selection of the path feed navigational icon, a path feed interface with unidirectionally shared paths created by one or more other users of the social network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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