Patents Examined by S. Sensenig
  • Controlling access to profile information in a social network
    Patent number: 7949611
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling access to relationship information in a social network are described. One described method comprises receiving a request from an observer for relationship information indicating at least a first relationship between a target in a social network and a second entity in the social network, identifying at least a first privacy rule for the first relationship, and outputting at least part of the relationship information to the observer if the first privacy rule is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Nielsen, Ellen Spertus, Alexandre Drobychev