Granularity control in publishing information
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a degree of relationship in a social network service between a first user and a second user; and
causing, at least in part, transmission of information indicating a location, at a selected precision, of the first user, the selected precision being selected based at least in part upon the determined degree of relationship.
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Abstract
A system and method for sharing user information between online services may determine a degree of relationship between the services to determine how much, and what precision level, of user information should be shared. In one example, the user information may be global positioning system (GPS) location information for the user, and requesting users (or systems) receive different levels of the location information based on their respective relationships to the user and/or the user'"'"'s online information service. The relationship between services may be user-defined using onscreen graphical tools. The determination may also include determining the levels of activity of users at the services, whereby information regarding less active users is less detailed than information regarding active users.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a degree of relationship in a social network service between a first user and a second user; and causing, at least in part, transmission of information indicating a location, at a selected precision, of the first user, the selected precision being selected based at least in part upon the determined degree of relationship. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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5. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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determining a degree of relationship in a social network service between a first user and a second user; and causing, at least in part, transmission of information indicating a location, at a selected precision, of the first user for use by the second user, the selected precision being selected based upon the determined degree of relationship. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, determine a degree of relationship in a social network service between a first user and a second user; and cause, at least in part, transmission of information indicating a location, at a selected precision, of the first user, the selected precision being selected based at least in part upon the determined degree of relationship. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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