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Adding user to logical group based on content

  • US 8,972,501 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2013
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • defining a user group comprising a plurality of users based on logical relationships among the plurality of users;

    storing in a data storage device a group data structure corresponding to the user group, the group data structure including a parent data structure;

    receiving, at a server, an item of content from a first user device corresponding to a first user;

    determining, using a candidate indexer module, that the first user should be added to the user group based on the item of content and associated metadata;

    storing in the data storage device the item of content and the associated metadata as a child data structure of the parent data structure, in response to the determining that the first user should be added to the user group;

    adding the first user to the user group; and

    automatically sending the item of content from the server to all other users of the user group after the item of content is stored in the group data structure.

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