Confidential information access via social networking web site
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a server computing device for a social networking web site from a user via access of the social networking web site, confidential information regarding the user, the confidential information including information regarding the user that the user does not socially share on the social networking web site;
associating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the confidential information regarding the user with a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user on the social networking web site;
associating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the confidential information regarding the user with an export group identifier corresponding to a type of the confidential information; and
,associating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the export group identifier with a password different from a user password the user employs to gain access to the social networking web site,wherein the export group identifier and the password are adapted to be shared by the user to a third party to permit the third party to access the confidential information through the social networking web site.
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Abstract
A server computing device for a social networking web site receives from a user, via access of the web site, confidential information regarding the user, including information that the user does not socially share on the web site. The device associates the confidential information with a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user on the web site, and with an export group identifier corresponding to a type of the confidential information. The device associates the export group identifier with a password different from a user password the user employs to access the web site. The device receives, from a third party, a purported user identifier, a purported export group identifier, and a purported password, which the device validates against the user identifier, the export group identifier, and the password. Where validation is successful, the device permits access to the confidential information by the third party.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server computing device for a social networking web site from a user via access of the social networking web site, confidential information regarding the user, the confidential information including information regarding the user that the user does not socially share on the social networking web site; associating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the confidential information regarding the user with a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user on the social networking web site; associating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the confidential information regarding the user with an export group identifier corresponding to a type of the confidential information; and
,associating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the export group identifier with a password different from a user password the user employs to gain access to the social networking web site, wherein the export group identifier and the password are adapted to be shared by the user to a third party to permit the third party to access the confidential information through the social networking web site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server computing device for a social networking web site from a third party via access of the social networking web site, a purported user identifier, a purported export group identifier, and a purported password; validating, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, the purported user identifier, the purported export group identifier, and the purported password against a user identifier, an export group identifier, and a password, respectively, where confidential information regarding a user, including information regarding the user that the user does not socially share on the social networking web site, is associated with the user identifier and with the export group identifier, and the export group identifier is associated with the password, where the user identifier uniquely identifies the user on the social networking web site, the export group identifier corresponds to a type of the confidential information, and the password is different from a user password that the user employs to gain access to the social networking web site; and
,where validation is successful, permitting, by the server computing device for the social networking web site, access to the confidential information regarding the user by the third party. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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