EVENT BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating networked communication, the method comprising:
- creating an event profile within a social networking service;
associating a plurality of user profiles of the social networking service with the event profile; and
providing a message interface in response to determining that a user profile of a first user of the social networking service and a user profile of a second user of the social networking service are associated with the event profile, the message interface operable by the first user to send a private message to the second user.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for facilitating networked communication. An event creation module is configured to create an event profile within a social networking service. A check in module is configured to associate a plurality of user profiles of the social networking service with the event profile. A message interface module is configured to provide a message interface in response to determining that a user profile of a first user of the social networking service and a user profile of a second user of the social networking service are associated with the event profile. The message interface is operable by the first user to send a private message to the second user.
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1. A method for facilitating networked communication, the method comprising:
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creating an event profile within a social networking service; associating a plurality of user profiles of the social networking service with the event profile; and providing a message interface in response to determining that a user profile of a first user of the social networking service and a user profile of a second user of the social networking service are associated with the event profile, the message interface operable by the first user to send a private message to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for facilitating networked communication, the apparatus comprising:
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an event creation module configured to create an event profile within a social networking service; a check in module configured to associate a plurality of user profiles of the social networking service with the event profile; and a message interface module configured to provide a message interface in response to determining that a user profile of a first user of the social networking service and a user profile of a second user of the social networking service are associated with the event profile, the message interface operable by the first user to send a private message to the second user; wherein the event creation module, the check in module, and the message interface module comprise one or more of logic hardware and executable code, the executable code stored on a computer readable storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing computer usable program code executable to perform operations for facilitating networked communication, the operations comprising:
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creating an event profile within a social networking service; associating a plurality of user profiles of the social networking service with the event profile; and providing a message interface in response to determining that a user profile of a first user of the social networking service and a user profile of a second user of the social networking service are associated with the event profile, the message interface operable by the first user to send a private message to the second user. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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