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Providing Reverse Preference Designations In a Network

  • US 20170310629A1
  • Filed: 10/30/2012
  • Published: 10/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, using a computing device, social content from a first user within a network;

    determining, using the computing device, a second user identified in the social content;

    evaluating, using the computing device, an indication by the first user to provide the social content to a third user in the network, wherein the first, second and third users are different users;

    receiving, using the computing device, a user restriction by the second user identified in the social content, the user restriction controlling visibility of the social content to the third user despite the indication by the first user to provide the social content to the third user, the third user within the network and outside a designated subset within the network, the designated subset within the network designated by the second user to indicate user preferences of the second user regarding when the second user appears in the social content received from the first user;

    considering, using the computing device, the user preferences of the second user in relation to the social content before providing the social content to the third user;

    determining, using the computing device, visibility of the social content to the third user based on the user restriction by the second user identified in the social content despite the indication by the first user to provide the social content to the third user; and

    controlling, using the computing device, visibility of the social content based on the user restrictions designated by the second user for the social content received from the first user despite the indication by the first user to provide the social content to the third user.

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