User created tags for online social networking
First Claim
1. A computer network for a social networking environment:
- a communications network;
a plurality of client devices, said client devices providing a graphical user interface for social networking to a plurality of social networkers;
a database including information about said plurality of social networkers, wherein the graphical user interface enables a first social networker of said plurality of social networkers to;
create a first tag describing a second social networker of said plurality of social networkers, wherein said first tag represents a trait of said second social networker as attributed by said first social networker;
convey said first tag to said second social networker to enable said second social networker to add said first tag to said second social networker'"'"'s tag collection; and
executable for embedding said first tag into said social networking environment by bringing said first tag into said graphical user interface through an image related to said attributed trait.
9 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention provides a social networking system and method by which customized tags can be created by a registered user in an online social networking environment and distributed to facilitate social networking. The tags represent personal characteristics and preferences associated with users of the online social networking environment. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided in the online social networking website that enables a specific user to create and customize tags. Tags can be embeddable in that a user can insert the tag in a website GUI for display. Also, tags may have embedded content, e.g. a photo, a song, a profile page location, etc and may be sponsored or traded in the social networking website. Also a skin that shows the personal profile page GUI style may be customized, sponsored, or traded.
-
Citations
15 Claims
-
1. A computer network for a social networking environment:
-
a communications network; a plurality of client devices, said client devices providing a graphical user interface for social networking to a plurality of social networkers; a database including information about said plurality of social networkers, wherein the graphical user interface enables a first social networker of said plurality of social networkers to; create a first tag describing a second social networker of said plurality of social networkers, wherein said first tag represents a trait of said second social networker as attributed by said first social networker; convey said first tag to said second social networker to enable said second social networker to add said first tag to said second social networker'"'"'s tag collection; and executable for embedding said first tag into said social networking environment by bringing said first tag into said graphical user interface through an image related to said attributed trait. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A social networking method for creating customized tags, the method comprising:
-
establishing an online social networking environment that supports tags; operating a user interface that enables a first user of the social networking environment to; create a first tag describing a second user of the online social networking environment, wherein the first tag represents a trait of the second user as attributed by the first user; and convey the first tag to the second user to enable the second user to add the first tag to the second user'"'"'s tag collection; and displaying the first tag in a profile page associated with the second user subsequent to the second user accepting the first tag conveyed by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. An advertising method in online social networking environment using sponsored tags, the method comprising:
-
establishing an online social networking environment that supports sponsored tags; operating a graphical user interface that enables a sponsor to create and customize a plurality of sponsored tags, wherein each of the plurality of sponsored tags represents a product, a brand, a trademark, or an icon associated with the sponsor, without indicating personal information of users associated with the online social networking environment, further wherein the graphical user interface enables a first user of the online social networking environment to; select a first sponsored tag from the plurality of sponsored tags to describe a second user of the online social networking environment; convey the first sponsored tag to the second user to enable the second user to add the first sponsored tag to the second user'"'"'s tag collection; and displaying the first tag in a profile page associated with the second user subsequent to the second user accepting the first sponsored tag conveyed by the first user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
-
Specification