Digital social network trust propagation
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1. A method for propagating trust data in a digital social network, comprising:
- receiving a request from a first party for establishing a trust relationship with a second party;
receiving an indication from the second party of establishing the requested trust relationship; and
propagating trust data of the first party to a third party of the digital social network to enable secure communication between the first and third parties, said propagating based on a value of a trust propagation parameter; and
propagating link data of the first party to the third party to enable the third party to view link data of the first party, said propagating based on a value of a link browsing parameter.
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Abstract
A trust propagation system is disclosed that propagates trust data based on established trust relationships. The trust system may automatically propagate trust data between parties A and C based on trust relationships with a common party B. Trust data may include authentication data such as biometric data, encryption data, passwords, etc. that may be used to conduct exclusive communications.
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1. A method for propagating trust data in a digital social network, comprising:
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receiving a request from a first party for establishing a trust relationship with a second party; receiving an indication from the second party of establishing the requested trust relationship; and propagating trust data of the first party to a third party of the digital social network to enable secure communication between the first and third parties, said propagating based on a value of a trust propagation parameter; and propagating link data of the first party to the third party to enable the third party to view link data of the first party, said propagating based on a value of a link browsing parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising program instructions embedded in the medium, the program instructions operable for executing a process comprising:
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receiving a request from a first party for establishing a trust relationship with a second party; receiving an indication from the second party of establishing the requested trust relationship; and propagating trust data of the first party to a third party of the digital social network to enable secure communication between the first and third parties, said propagating based on a value of a trust propagation parameter; and propagating link data of the first party to the third party to enable the third party to view link data of the first party, said propagating based on a value of a link browsing parameter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A server suitable for use in a social network comprising a plurality of parties, the server comprising:
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a processor; memory, accessible to the processor, wherein the memory embeds processor executable instructions for processing trust relationship requests, said instructions comprising instructions to; detect consent from a second party in response to detecting a request from a first party to establish a trust relationship with the second party; provide first party trust data to the second party and second party trust data to the first party to enable secure communication between the first and second parties; based on a profile of the second party, modify a first party profile indicative of parties with whom the first party can communicate securely to indicate; the second party; and a third party, identified in the second party profile, when the second party profile indicates a degree of relationship between the second and third parties satisfies a trust data propagation criteria.
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