Identity management for open overlay for social networks and online services
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1. A method for forming a social network comprising a plurality of groups of users, said method comprising:
- determining, by a server, when a user has invited a new user to join the social network;
selecting an existing group from the plurality of groups in the social network to which the inviting user and other existing users of the social network belong; and
distributing information about the new user to the inviting user and the other existing users of the existing group in response to the new user joining the social network.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for managing the multiple identities used by a user. The user'"'"'s existing contact lists, website accounts, buddy lists, and the like are analyzed to determine the identities used by the user. A graph is then constructed in order to track and integrate the multiple identities of the user in a social network. The social network graph may then be used by a social network overlay so that the user can share information across their different identities with different users that only know some of the user'"'"'s multiple identities.
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1. A method for forming a social network comprising a plurality of groups of users, said method comprising:
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determining, by a server, when a user has invited a new user to join the social network; selecting an existing group from the plurality of groups in the social network to which the inviting user and other existing users of the social network belong; and distributing information about the new user to the inviting user and the other existing users of the existing group in response to the new user joining the social network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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