IDENTIFYING AND USING IDENTITIES DEEMED TO BE KNOWN TO A USER
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1. A method of providing online presence information:
- maintaining a list of people known to a user;
accessing online presence information for the user;
determining a potential receiver of the online presence information;
comparing the potential receiver to the maintained list to determine if the potential receiver is included on the list; and
determining whether to communicate the online presence information to the potential receiver based on whether the potential receiver is included in the list.
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Abstract
The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user'"'"'s communications. For example access to a user'"'"'s online presence may be restricted based on the known people such that access to presence is provided only to those people that the user knows.
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1. A method of providing online presence information:
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maintaining a list of people known to a user; accessing online presence information for the user; determining a potential receiver of the online presence information; comparing the potential receiver to the maintained list to determine if the potential receiver is included on the list; and determining whether to communicate the online presence information to the potential receiver based on whether the potential receiver is included in the list.
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