Policy-enabled aggregation of IM user communities
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1. A method of automatically aggregating an online community, comprising:
- a service provider retrieving a defined aggregation policy defined by a first user for the online community;
the service provider applying the retrieved aggregation policy to a second user;
the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy;
the service provider automatically adding the second user to the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy;
the service provider retrieving an anti-aggregation policy defined by the first user, wherein the definitions of both the aggregation policy and the anti-aggregation policy independently assemble sets of users;
the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy; and
the service provider automatically removing the second user from the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy.
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Abstract
A method of automatically aggregating an online user community, and graphical user interface for same, the method including one or more of the following: a user creating the online community; the user defining an aggregation policy for the online user community; a service provider retrieving the aggregation policy; the service provider applying the aggregation policy to an other user; determining whether the other user fits the aggregation policy; adding the other user to the online user community; the user defining an anti-aggregation policy; the service provider retrieving the anti-aggregation policy; determining whether the other user fits the anti-aggregation policy; and removing the other user from the online user community when the other user fits the anti-aggregation policy.
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1. A method of automatically aggregating an online community, comprising:
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a service provider retrieving a defined aggregation policy defined by a first user for the online community; the service provider applying the retrieved aggregation policy to a second user; the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy; the service provider automatically adding the second user to the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy; the service provider retrieving an anti-aggregation policy defined by the first user, wherein the definitions of both the aggregation policy and the anti-aggregation policy independently assemble sets of users; the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy; and the service provider automatically removing the second user from the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of automatically aggregating an online community, comprising:
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a service provider retrieving a defined aggregation policy defined by a first user for the online community; the service provider applying the retrieved aggregation to a second user; the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy; the service provider automatically adding the second user to the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy; the service provider retrieving an anti-aggregation policy defined by the first user, wherein the definitions of both the aggregation policy and the anti-aggregation policy independently assemble sets of users; the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy; the service provider automatically removing the second user from the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy; and the service provider initiating a delete request to each user whose anti-aggregation policy matches a newly modified profile of the first user.
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15. A method of automatically aggregating an online community, comprising:
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a service provider retrieving a defined aggregation policy defined by a first user for the online community; the service provider applying the retrieved aggregation policy to a second user; the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy; the service provider automatically adding the second user to the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved aggregation policy; the service retrieving an anti-aggregation police defined by the first user, wherein the definitions of both the aggregation policy and the anti-aggregation policy independently assemble sets of users; the service provider determining whether the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy; the service provider automatically removing the second user from the created online community when the second user fits the retrieved anti-aggregation policy; and the service provider initiating a delete request to each user whose aggregation policy no longer matches a newly modified profile of the first user.
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Current AssigneeSound View Innovations, LLC (Sound View Innovation Holdings, LLC)
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Original AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
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InventorsGustave, Christophe, McFarlane, Brad, Chow, Stanley TaiHai
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Primary Examiner(s)ARMOUCHE, HADI S
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Application NumberUS11/882,514Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,867 DaysField of Search726/1, 715/751, 715/752, 715/758, 715/700US Class Current726/1CPC Class CodesG06F 21/6263 during internet communicati...
