Social circles in social networks
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- one or more computing devices; and
a computer program product tangibly embodied in one or more non-transitory computer-readable media coupled to the one or more computing devices and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising;
receiving first user input, the first user input provided by a user of a computer-implemented social networking service and indicating a first digital content item that is associated with a user profile of the user within the social networking service and is to be distributed using the social networking service;
receiving second user input through a distribution interface that is displayed to the user, the second user input defining a distribution for the first digital content item, the distribution comprising a first sub-distribution that is defined based on a first social circle and a second sub-distribution, the first social circle comprising a first subset of people profiles of the user profile within the social networking service, the people profiles being contacts of the user profile and defining a first distribution for the first digital content item, and the second sub-distribution comprising a second subset of people profiles comprising at least one people profile of the user profile within the social networking service that is not in the first subset of people profiles and defining a second distribution for the digital content item;
processing the first social circle to provide a first access control list that specifies which of the first subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item;
processing the at least one people profile to provide a second access control list that specifies which of the second subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; and
distributing, using the social networking service, the first digital content item from the user profile to each people profile of the first subset of people profiles based on the first access control list and the first digital content item is distributed from the user profile to each people profile of the second subset of people profiles based on the second access control list.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving first user input, the first user input provided by a user of a computer-implemented social networking service and indicating first digital content that is to be distributed using the social networking service, receiving second user input through a distribution interface that is displayed to the user, the second user input defining a distribution for the first digital content, the distribution comprising at least one of a first sub-distribution that is defined based on a first social circle and a second sub-distribution, the first social circle comprising a first subset of contacts, and distributing the first digital content to contacts of the user based on the distribution.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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one or more computing devices; and a computer program product tangibly embodied in one or more non-transitory computer-readable media coupled to the one or more computing devices and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising; receiving first user input, the first user input provided by a user of a computer-implemented social networking service and indicating a first digital content item that is associated with a user profile of the user within the social networking service and is to be distributed using the social networking service; receiving second user input through a distribution interface that is displayed to the user, the second user input defining a distribution for the first digital content item, the distribution comprising a first sub-distribution that is defined based on a first social circle and a second sub-distribution, the first social circle comprising a first subset of people profiles of the user profile within the social networking service, the people profiles being contacts of the user profile and defining a first distribution for the first digital content item, and the second sub-distribution comprising a second subset of people profiles comprising at least one people profile of the user profile within the social networking service that is not in the first subset of people profiles and defining a second distribution for the digital content item; processing the first social circle to provide a first access control list that specifies which of the first subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; processing the at least one people profile to provide a second access control list that specifies which of the second subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; and distributing, using the social networking service, the first digital content item from the user profile to each people profile of the first subset of people profiles based on the first access control list and the first digital content item is distributed from the user profile to each people profile of the second subset of people profiles based on the second access control list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer storage medium tangibly encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving first user input, the first user input provided by a user of a computer implemented social networking service and indicating a first digital content item that is associated with a user profile of the user within the social networking service and is to be distributed using the social networking service; receiving second user input through a distribution interface that is displayed to the user, the second user input defining a distribution for the first digital content item, the distribution comprising a first sub-distribution that is defined based on a first social circle and a second sub-distribution, the first social circle comprising a first subset of people profiles of the user profile within the social networking service, the people profiles being contacts of the user profile and defining a first distribution for the first digital content item and the second sub-distribution comprising a second subset of people profiles comprising at least one people profile of the user profile within the social networking service that is not in the first subset of people profiles and defining a second distribution for the digital content item; processing the first social circle to provide a first access control list that specifies which of the first subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; processing the at least one people profile to provide a second access control list that specifies which of the second subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; and distributing, using the social networking service, the first digital content item from the user profile to each people profile of the first subset of people profiles based on the first access control list and the digital content item is distributed from the user profile to each people profile of the second subset of people profiles based on the second access control list. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving first user input, the first user input provided by a user of a computer implemented social networking service and indicating a first digital content item that is associated with a user profile of the user within the social networking service and is to be distributed using the social networking service; receiving second user input through a distribution interface that is displayed to the user, the second user input defining a distribution for the first digital content item, the distribution comprising a first sub-distribution that is defined based on a first social circle and a second sub-distribution, the first social circle comprising a first subset of people profiles of the user profile within the social networking service, the people profiles being contacts of the user profile and defining a first distribution for the first digital content item, and the second sub-distribution comprising a second subset of people profiles comprising at least one people profile of the user profile within the social networking service that is not in the first subset of people profiles and defining a second distribution for the digital content item; processing the first social circle to provide a first access control list that specifies which of the first subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; processing the at least one people profile to provide a second access control list that specifies which of the second subset of people profiles are granted access to the digital content item; and distributing, using the social networking service, the first digital content item from the user profile to each people profile of the first subset of people profiles based on the first access control list and the digital content item is distributed from the user profile to each people profile of the second subset of people profiles based on the second access control list. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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