Apparatus and method for single action control of social network profile access

• US 8,775,972 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2012
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snapchat Inc (Snap, Inc.)
• Inventors: Spiegel, Evan Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): SHIAU, SHEN C
• Application Number:
  US13/672,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 715/747, 715/833, 715/974
• US Class Current: 715/833
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes allowing a user to access a user-controlled social network profile page with posts in a specified order. A user is permitted to traverse an interface element across the specified order to establish a set position for the interface element. Access to posts is provided on a first side of the set position to define a viewable profile. Access to posts is blocked on a second side of the set position to define a non-viewable profile.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

allowing a user to access a user-controlled social network profile page with posts in a specified order;

permitting a user to traverse an interface element across the posts in the specified order to establish a set position for the interface element;

providing access to posts on a first side of the set position for the interface element to define a viewable profile;

blocking access to posts on a second side of the set position for the interface element to define a non-viewable profile, wherein blocking access to posts includes blocking access to posts observed by social network members associated with the user, while the user has access to posts on the first side of the set position and the second side of the set position; and

supplying a configurable setting to establish a future position of the interface element, wherein the configurable setting allows selection of a static interface element position such that as time advances the viewable profile expands and selection of a sliding interface element position such that as time advances the viewable profile maintains a static temporal window size.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the viewable profile includes fixed information that remains in the viewable profile.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the specified order is along a temporal axis.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the specified order has category regions.