Global Account Configuration Instances

• US 20130091442A1
• Filed: 09/18/2012
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Diab, Wael William
• Application Number:
  US13/622,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091442A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A networking system supports dynamic management of representations of interactions between network members and resources based on global representations of the interactions. Representative views of the interactions for various devices associated with members and network accounts can be managed based on the global representation and configuration information. Representative views can be accessed simultaneously from separate devices, and upon accessing a network from supporting devices, enabling seamless transitions between supporting devices. Members can be provided an option of accessing interactions and engaging in new interactions. Multiple instances of resources can be distributed and provided to members based on locations, energy usage associated with supporting the interactions, and capabilities of devices associated with members. Interactions by various associated devices can be managed, controlled, and restricted based on configuration information.

Claims

1. A networking system that supports interaction activities associated with a plurality of members and a plurality of content items, the networking system comprising:

a first service operable to support a global configuration instance of an account associated with a member, the global configuration instance includes a representation of an interaction activity between the member and a content item; and

a second service operable to support managing a plurality of representative views of the interaction activity based on the global configuration instance and configuration information associated with the account.

2. The networking system of claim 1, the second service operable to support providing a plurality of individual representative views of the interaction activity to corresponding individual devices, each individual representative view is configured to provide a separate representation of the interaction activity based on the global configuration instance and configuration information associated with the corresponding individual device, each corresponding individual device is associated with the account.

3. The networking system of claim 2, each of the plurality of individual representative views supports access to a selected one of a plurality of instances of the content item based on configuration information associated with the corresponding individual device.

4. The networking system of claim 2, wherein:

the global configuration instance includes a history of the interaction activity for a predetermined period of time; and

the second service is operable to support continuing an ongoing interaction activity from a selected historical point in the interaction activity via interaction with at least one of the plurality of individual representative views.

5. The networking system of claim 3, the second service is operable to support selectively providing at least one of the plurality of individual representative views to the corresponding individual device based on an interaction by the member with the one of the individual representative views.

6. The networking system of claim 3, the each of the plurality of representative views supports access to the selected one of a plurality of instances of the content item based on energy usage associated with interaction between the member and the selected one of the plurality of instances through the corresponding individual device.

7. The networking system of claim 6, the second service operable to support distributing the selected one of a plurality of instances to be hosted at a hosting location based on proximity of the corresponding individual device to the hosting location.

8. The networking system of claim 3, each of the plurality of representative views supports access to a selected one of a plurality of instances of the content item based on location information associated with the individual device.

9. The networking system of claim 1, the global configuration instance is updated continuously based on monitoring of the interaction activity.

10. A server device that supports interactions between a member of a social networking system and resources associated with the social networking system, the social networking system including a plurality of network nodes, the server device comprising:

an account management module configured to manage a global configuration instance associated with the member, the global configuration instance includes a representation of interaction activities between the member and at least one of the resources; and

an interaction control module configured to manage configuration information associated with the member to associate each of a plurality of devices associated with the member with corresponding optimal representative views of the interaction activities.

11. The server device of claim 10, comprising:

a tracking module configured to generate tracking data associated with monitoring the interaction activities; and

the account management module configured to manage a global configuration instance based at least in part on the tracking data.

12. The server device of claim 10, the interaction control module configured to manage providing a plurality of individual representative views to corresponding individual devices, each individual representative view is configured to provide a separate representation of the interaction activity based on the global configuration instance and configuration information associated with the corresponding individual device, each corresponding individual device is associated with the member.

13. The server device of claim 12, wherein:

the global configuration instance includes a history of the interaction activities for a predetermined period of time; and

the interaction control module is configured to support continuing an ongoing interaction activity from a selected historical point in the history of the interaction activities.

14. The server device of claim 13, the each of the plurality individual representative views supports access to a selected one of the resources based on energy usage associated with interaction between the member and the selected one of the resources through the corresponding individual device.

15. A social networking system that supports interactions with a first social networking circle, the first social networking circle having a plurality of members, the social networking system comprising:

a processing system operable to manage a plurality of separate representative views of an interaction activity between one of the plurality of members and a social resource associated with the first social networking circle based on a global representation of the interaction activity;

the processing system operable to provide each of the plurality of representative views to the one of the plurality of members via a corresponding one of a plurality of social devices.

16. The social networking system of claim 15, the processing system further operable to provide the plurality of separate representative views to the one of the plurality of members via separate corresponding social devices based on separate interaction rights associated with each of the separate corresponding social devices.

17. The social networking system of claim 16, at least some of the plurality of separate representative views provide the one of the plurality of members access to separate instances of the social resource based on configuration information associated with the one of the plurality of members.

18. The social networking system of claim 15, wherein:

the global representation includes a history of the interaction activity for a predetermined period of time; and

the processing system operable to support accessing the interaction activity, via at least one of the plurality of representations, from a selected historical point in the interaction activity.

19. The social networking system of claim 15, the processing system operable to respond to the one of a plurality of members docking a first social device with the first social networking circle by providing one of the plurality of representative views to the one of a plurality of members via the first social device.

20. The social networking system of claim 16, the processing system operable to distribute separate instances of the social resource to be hosted on separate hosting locations based on proximities of the separate corresponding social devices to the separate hosting locations.