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System and method for secure networking in a virtual space

  • US 7,508,310 B1
  • Filed: 04/17/2008
  • Issued: 03/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for secure networking in a virtual space comprising:

  • a network;

    subscriber computing devices, wherein the subscriber computing device is associated with a subscriber identifier and wherein each computing device is connected to the network;

    a profile datastore, wherein the profile datastore comprises a subscriber security profile comprising information indicative of a security status of a subscriber and wherein the subscriber security profile is associated with the subscriber'"'"'s subscriber identifier;

    an information processor connected to the network, wherein the information processor comprises instructions for;

    monitoring subscriber identifiers associated with the subscriber devices that are logged into a website, wherein the website defines a virtual space and the logged-in subscriber devices are characterized as present in the virtual space;

    serving web pages to the computing devices of the present subscribers via the network, wherein a web page of a present subscriber comprises a subscriber icon associated with the present subscriber and subscriber icons of other present subscribers;

    determining whether a subscriber security profile associated with the present subscriber matches the subscriber security profiles associated with the other present subscribers according to security matching criteria (herein, the “

    security matching determination”

    );

    in response to the security matching determination, assigning a security attribute to the icons associated with the other present subscribers having security profiles that match the security profile of the present subscriber according to security matching criteria; and

    providing selected security profile information to the present subscriber of a selected one of any of the other present matching subscribers.

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