Community-modified profile with activity-based authorization

• US 8,943,077 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2012
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vivint Incorporated (NRG Energy, Inc.)
• Inventors: Emigh, Aaron T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleurantin, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US13/539,382
• Time in Patent Office: 941 Days
• Field of Search: 707/756, 707/784, 709/225, 709/229
• US Class Current: 707/756
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

In some embodiments, techniques for modifying a profile may include associating a permissions level with a second user; responsive to detecting activity by the second user, increasing the permissions level; comparing the permissions level to a threshold; determining that the permissions level exceeds the threshold; responsive to determining that the permissions level exceeds the threshold, permitting the second user to modify a first profile data associated with profile associated with a first user; receiving a second profile data from the second user, wherein the second profile data is a result of a modification of the first profile data; associating the second profile data with the profile of the first user; and providing the profile of the first user to a third user, wherein the profile of the first user includes the second profile data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a device including a processor, an accumulated balance value associated with a second profile;

comparing the accumulated balance value to a threshold;

in response to the comparing indicating that the accumulated balance value satisfies a function of the threshold, permitting a modification of a first profile from the second profile;

in response to a determination that the modification has been made to the first profile, subtracting a first amount from the accumulated balance value

in response to a social network activity associated with the second profile being determined to satisfy a condition, changing the accumulated balance value by a third amount; and

upon determining the social network activity to be less than a defined level of activity, decreasing the accumulated balance value by the third amount.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to a monetary payment associated with the second profile being determined to have been made, increasing the accumulated balance value by a second amount.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the changing the accumulated balance value comprises increasing the accumulated balance value by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined to be of at least the defined level of activity.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising applying the modification to the first profile for a time period corresponding to the first amount.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the accumulated balance value is based on accumulated points.

6. A system, comprising:

a processing device; and

a memory, communicatively coupled to the processing device, having stored therein computer-executable instructions, comprising;

a modification permission determiner component configured to;

determine an accumulated balance value associated with a second profile;

in response to a comparison of the accumulated balance value indicating that the accumulated balance value satisfies a function of a threshold, enable a modification of a first profile from the second profile;

in response to a determination that the modification to the first profile has been made, decreasing the accumulated balance value by a first amount;

in response to a social network activity associated with the second profile, increasing or decreasing the accumulated balance value by a third amount;

wherein the accumulated balance value is decreased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined not to be of a predetermined level.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the modification permission determiner component is further configured to, in response to a monetary payment associated with the second profile being determined to have been made, increase the accumulated balance value by a second amount.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the accumulated balance value is increased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined to be of the predetermined level.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the modification permission determiner component is further configured to apply the modification to the first profile for a limited time period corresponding to the first amount.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause at least one device including a processor to perform operations, comprising:

obtaining an accumulated balance value associated with a second profile;

comparing the accumulated balance value to a threshold;

in response to the comparing indicating that the accumulated balance value satisfies a function of the threshold, allowing a first profile to be modified from the second profile;

in response to the first profile being modified by the second profile, subtracting a first amount from the accumulated balance value;

in response to a social network activity associated with the second profile being determined to have occurred, increasing or decreasing the accumulated balance value by a third amount; and

wherein the accumulated balance value is decreased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined not to be of a defined level.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to a monetary payment associated with the second profile, increasing the accumulated balance value by a second amount.

12. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the accumulated balance value is increased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined to be of the defined level.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the modification is applied to the first profile for a limited time period corresponding to the first amount.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the accumulated balance value is based on an accumulated points system.

15. A system comprising:

a processor, the processor comprising;

means for retrieving an accumulated balance value associated with a second profile;

means for comparing the accumulated balance value to a threshold;

means for allowing the second profile to modify a first profile in response to the

comparing indicating that the accumulated balance value satisfies a function of the threshold;

means for subtracting a first amount from the accumulated balance value in response to a modification to the first profile being applied from the second profile;

means for increasing or decreasing the accumulated balance value by a third amount in response to a social network activity associated with the second profile being determined to have occurred; and

wherein the accumulated balance value is decreased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined not to be of a defined level.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for increasing the accumulated balance value by a second amount in response to a monetary payment associated with the second profile being determined to have been made.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the accumulated balance value is increased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined to be of a predetermined level.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the accumulated balance value is decreased by the third amount in response to the social network activity being determined not to be of the predetermined level.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for applying the modification to the first profile for a limited time period corresponding to the first amount.