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Content access control in a social network

  • US 9,923,899 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2015
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • in a social network application at a client system;

    displaying a plurality of posts associated with a user of the client system, wherein a first post in the plurality of posts is associated with a first recipient group associated with the user and a second post in the plurality of posts is associated with a second recipient group associated with the user, wherein the first recipient group is other than the second recipient group and wherein a respective post in the plurality of posts is automatically included in the plurality of posts based upon a category of the respective post matching a category associated with the user through the user'"'"'s web history;

    displaying, while the plurality of posts is displayed, a content item area;

    receiving input in the content item area from the user, the input comprising a content item;

    presenting an affordance that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding to one or more distribution entities; and

    transmitting the content item and the access control information to a system, wherein access to the content item is restricted to distribution entities in accordance with the access control information.

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