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Community notification based on profile update

  • US 8,856,250 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2012
  • Issued: 10/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving an update to a user profile that describes a user and indicates a group of users socially connected to the user by a social network,the update referencing a community of the user and being received from a device of the user;

    modifying the user profile based on the update by including a reference to the community of the user within the user profile;

    identifying a further user that is included in the community and that is socially unconnected to the user by the social network,the identifying of the further user being performed by a processor of a machine based on the update that references the community of the user; and

    generating and providing a notification that the further user is included in the community,the generating of the notification incorporating a community profile of the community into the notification,the notification being provided to the device of the user and including the community profile of the community.

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