Abstract: A method for controlling user interactions in an Internet-based social networking system having a plurality of members provides for the assignation of privacy controls to contacts between a member and an invited contact of “friend” of the member. The member identifies a potential new network contact and designates privacy settings to be associated with network interactions with the potential contact. The member may also designate the new contact member to be a member of further groups or sub-groups within the member's group or universe of friends. A request is sent to the potential contact, asking the contact to be associated with the first member through the first member's address in the network with the previously designated privacy settings.

Abstract: Methods, computer programming, systems and devices that enable an office purchaser or a homeowner to regularly reorder supplies using a profile established on an administrator's website servers. Using a personalized list of supplies to place orders, a client identifies needed items by (a) scanning an appropriate barcode on a personalized list, (b) calling up and marking a profiled list maintained at the administrators website and/or adding or subtracting items using keyboard or mouse. The software installed on a client's computer runs silently as background as other programs are executed, but comes forward when a barcode is scanned or another input summons the program.