SOCIAL NETWORK SITE INCLUDING TRUST-BASED WIKI FUNCTIONALITY

• US 20150324603A1
• Filed: 07/20/2015
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chijiiwa, Ryo, Aldrich, William Clement, Truong, Vu Hao Thi, Speiser, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,354,083 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

A social network site with enhanced user interaction functionality. In particular implementations, a method includes receiving, at a social network site, a request from a first user for a personal page corresponding to a second user; transmitting a response to the request, wherein the response comprises the requested personal page of the second user, Wherein the personal page comprises one or more controls that enable modification of the personal page; responsive to an activation of the one or more controls by the first user, determining if the first user is included in a group of trusted users associated with the second user, wherein the group of trusted users are permitted to modify the personal page of the second user; and conditionally storing data characterizing modification of the personal page by the first user.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device over a network, a request from a user of a social network site to create a user specific personal page for the user;

accessing, by the computing device, personal page layout information associated with the user;

constructing, by the computing device, the personal page based on the layout information and a base template;

transmitting, by the computing device, options to the user relating to permissions associated with the personal page, the permissions chosen from a group of permissions consisting of who can view the personal page, who can edit the personal page, and who can participate in conversations on the personal page with the user;

receiving, by the computing device, one or more selections of the options from the user, the selections relating to the permissions;

receiving, by the computing device from a second user, a request to view the personal page, edit the personal page, or participate in a conversation on the personal page; and

comparing, by the computing device, the selected permissions with the request from the second user to determine if the computing device can grant the request.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising determining if a permission associated with the second user has been revoked.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising denying the request when the permission associated with the second user has been revoked.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising modifying the personal page of the user by adding a module region to the personal page or removing a module region from the personal page based on layout information and user account information of the user.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising modifying the personal page of the user by modifying content of an existing module region on the personal page of the user based on layout information.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

accessing layout information associated with the personal page, wherein the layout information is stored in a data structure; and

modifying the personal page of the user by adding entries to the data structure, wherein each entry comprises a key that maps to various attributes of a module region associated with the personal page of the user.

27. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

tracking modifications of the personal page made by users of the social network site; and

enabling display of the modifications and the users that made the modifications.

28. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

accessing a table that stores data characterizing modifications of the personal page of the user, wherein the data includes a time stamp for each modification and a user that made each modification;

determining a last time stamp;

enabling display of a last user that modified the personal page of the user based on the last time stamp.

29. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising;

request receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, over a network, a request from a user of a social network site to create a user specific personal page for the user;

accessing logic executed by the processor for accessing personal page layout information associated with the user;

constructing logic executed by the processor for constructing the personal page based on the layout information and a base template;

transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting options to the user relating to permissions associated with the personal page, the permissions chosen from a group of permissions consisting of who can view the personal page, who can edit the personal page, and who can participate in conversations on the personal page with the user;

selection receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving one or more selections of the options from the user, the selections relating to the permissions;

personal page receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving, from a second user, a request to view the personal page, edit the personal page, or participate in a conversation on the personal page; and

comparing logic executed by the processor for comparing the selected permissions with the request from the second user to determine if the computing device can grant the request.

30. The computing device of claim 29, further comprising permission revoked determining logic executed by the processor for determining if the permission associated with the second user has been revoked.

31. The computing device of claim 30, further comprising denying logic executed by the processor for denying the request when the permission associated with the second user has been revoked.

32. The computing device of claim 29, further comprising modifying the personal page of the user by adding a module region to the personal page or removing a module region from the personal page based on layout information and user account information of the user.

33. The computing device of claim 29, further comprising modifying logic executed by the processor for modifying the personal page of the user by modifying content of an existing module region on the personal page of the user based on layout information.

34. The computing device of claim 29, further comprising:

layout information accessing logic executed by the processor for accessing layout information associated with the personal page, wherein the layout information is stored in a data structure; and

data structure modifying logic executed by the processor for modifying the personal page of the user by adding entries to the data structure, wherein each entry comprises a key that maps to various attributes of a module region associated with the personal page of the user.

35. The computing device of claim 29, further comprising:

tracking logic executed by the processor for tracking modifications of the personal page made by users of the social network site; and

display logic executed by the processor for enabling display of the modifications and the users that made the modifications.

36. The computing device of claim 29, further comprising:

table accessing logic executed by the processor for accessing a table that stores data characterizing modifications of the personal page of the user, wherein the data includes a time stamp for each modification and a user that made each modification;

last time stamp determining logic executed by the processor for determining a last time stamp;

last user display logic executed by the processor for enabling display of a last user that modified the personal page of the user based on the last time stamp.

37. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that when executed by a processor, performs a method comprising:

receiving, by the processor over a network, a request from a user of a social network site to create a user specific personal page for the user;

accessing, by the processor, personal page layout information associated with the user;

constructing, by the processor, the personal page based on the layout information and a base template;

transmitting, by the processor, options to the user relating to permissions associated with the personal page, the permissions chosen from a group of permissions consisting of who can view the personal page, who can edit the personal page, and who can participate in conversations on the personal page with the user;

receiving, by the processor, one or more selections of the options from the user, the selections relating to the permissions;

receiving, by the processor from a second user, a request to view the personal page, edit the personal page, or participate in a conversation on the personal page; and

comparing, by the processor, the selected permissions with the request from the second user to determine if the computing device can grant the request.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the method further comprises determining if the permission associated with the second user has been revoked.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the method further comprises denying the request when the permission associated with the second user has been revoked.