Abstract: A system that creates an online social network platform that models a person's real life. This social network may reproduce the way users communicate and share information in their real “offline” life. Just as users create offline social circles of people they know, with each circle having varying limited knowledge of a person's personal information, the system allows users to create personal social circles online. Additionally, just as users most often belong to real life public circles through association as in work, school or residency, the system will foster and maintain such communication online.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a social networking system automatically create a shared space for posting requests to the social networking system from multiple users based on social, spatial and temporal proximity, and create a news feed corresponding to the shared space.

Abstract: In one embodiment, in response to a user's request to upload a photo to a social networking system, a client process accesses information in the user's current location and friends who may be with the user, present the information to the user in a composited posting user interface. After the user confirms a particular current location and a first and second friends who are currently with the user, the client process tags the particular current location and the first and second friends to the photo, and submit to the social networking system a primary posting request in photo upload, and a secondary posting request to check in the user, the first friend and the second friend to the particular current location.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide for bundling subscriptions associated with a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) device or M2M application into a single hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) session. A method includes subscribing, by a gateway (GW), to an M2M device on behalf of a plurality of subscribers using a single Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) session.

Abstract: A method of operating a wireless device is provided in which the wireless device determines to use one grouping of peer discovery resources of a plurality of groupings of peer discovery resources based on one of a path loss or a distance to a base station. The plurality of groupings include a first grouping of resources having a first plurality of identical subsets of resources and a second grouping of resources having a second plurality of identical subsets of resources. Each of the first plurality of identical subsets of resources extends over at least one of a different time period or a different number of subcarriers than each of the second plurality of identical subsets of resources. The wireless device transmits a peer discovery signal on one subset of the identical subsets of said one grouping of peer discovery resources.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for facilitating sharing and accessing social networking information between two users. A user can establish a profile for sharing with others, which contains pre-authorization to access and share certain social network information. The profile can be linked by a machine-readable code, such as a QR code, that encodes a network address, such as a URL, to the profile containing access to the pre-authorized social networking information. The user shares information quickly with another user by sharing the QR code. Another user scans the QR code with a smartphone or other camera enabled device, which navigates to the profile. After the other user logs into social networks on the device, the profile scans and/or compares both users' social networking profiles for commonalities, such as shared interests and connections. Then, the users can quickly determine common connections almost immediately.

Abstract: Online, computer-based systems and mechanisms that facilitate social (and/or community) and content networks are known. Existing online social media and/or social network mechanisms, however, are not generally designed, and/or maximizing their strengths, to solve humanity's problems, such as care and management of Earth's natural resources and human behaviors, in areas such as economics, health, and politics. The embodiment of the inventive concept generally relates to a system and method for managing online information and flow of such information among and between stakeholders (individuals and groups) and other content sources, in a computer-based environment. A goal of the embodiment of the inventive concept is to direct, create, and/or facilitate use of a knowledge sharing and collaborative platform, in the form of a website, websites, and/or online mechanisms, for individual and collective engagement in concerted and participatory assessment, problem solving, and related activities and processes.

Abstract: According to a peer-to-peer protocol, a peer-to-peer network includes multiple clubs and multiple peers that receive content distributed by a source of the network. Each of the plurality of peers is part of at least two of the clubs. As content is generated, the source divides the content into multiple data blocks and assigns each data block to a club. Each data block is transmitted to peers that belong to the club assigned to the data block. When a peer in a club receives a data block assigned to that club, the peer distributes the data block to other peers in the club. Additionally, the peer transmits the data block to peers in other clubs. Also, the peer receives data blocks assigned to other clubs from peers that are not members of the club.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for confirming authorship of documents is presented. A first document hosted on a first website of a first domain is accessed, the first document being linked to a second document through at least one link, and a respective link including a first predefined authorship attribute asserting authorship of a respective document including the respective link by a respective entity associated with a respective target document of the respective link. Authorship of the first document by an entity associated with the second document is conditionally confirmed when the second document includes a second link to the first website of the first domain, the second link including a second predefined authorship attribute indicating that the entity associated with the second document is an author of or contributor to content at the first website of the first domain.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for confirming authorship of documents is presented. A document hosted on a website of a domain is accessed, where the document includes an authorship identifier asserting authorship of the document by an entity. Authorship of the document by the entity is conditionally confirmed when a profile for the entity is associated with the authorship identifier and when the profile for the entity indicates that the entity has confirmed that the authorship identifier is included in documents authored by the entity that are hosted on the first website of the first domain. Responsive to confirming authorship of the document by the entity, application of a confirmed authorship process to the document is permitted. Responsive to failing to confirm authorship of the document by the entity, application of the confirmed authorship process to the document is barred.

Abstract: The present invention includes methods and systems for matching people. Current methods of and systems for matching people fail to use the best source for gathering information about a person: others who know that person. The present invention uses crowd-sourced tagging to determine attributes of the population of potential recommendations. The invention can also determine a user's preferences either implicitly, by leveraging the user's ratings of others and the crowd-sourced tags to determine the most important attributes to the user, or explicitly, by allowing a user to specify the most important attributes of people.

Abstract: A method includes identifying one or more features of a short term profile of a user that are not included in a long term profile of the user, using the one or more features to identify one or more third party profiles having features that substantially match the one or more features of the user's short term profile, accessing the identified one or more third party profiles, and providing one or more content items included in the third party profile to the user, the one or more content items having associated features that match the one or more features of the short term profile. An alternative method includes accessing one or more third party profiles that are not a profile of the user, and using the accessed third party profile to identify a plurality of content items for recommendation based on a feature set of the third party profile.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for initiating an application for participants of a conference are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is provided for concurrently initiating an application for participants of a conference. A conference may be established including a plurality of participant user devices. A request may be received from a participant user device in the conference to assign an application to the conference after the conference has been established. The application may be assigned to the conference. In response to the assigning the application to the conference, initiation of the application for use on each of the plurality of participant user devices in the conference may be concurrently requested. Apparatuses and computer-readable media having instructions for providing the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques for sharing of items from online storage (e.g., cloud storage) are described herein. In some embodiments, sharing links can be configured as group opt-in links designed to provide recipients with an option to join a group having permissions on a corresponding shared item. A sharing link to an item may be generated and provided to a user for distribution to recipients in various ways. When selected by recipients, the sharing link causes an option to be exposed to the recipients to opt-in to a group having permissions on a corresponding item. Group membership is determined by recipients that exercise the option and recipients that opt-in are granted permissions on the item established for the group. Subsequently, an owner of the item/group may view a list of recipients who have opted-in as members and manage corresponding permissions on an individual basis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for customizing mobile applications are provided. The systems and methods may include storing one or more computers, an identifier associated with (i) a user and (ii) an entity with whom the user is affiliated; receiving a mobile application request; facilitating delivery of a mobile application to a mobile device associated with the user; receiving the identifier; and directing a delivery of customization information for customizing the mobile application of the mobile device, the customization information associated with one or both of the user or the entity with whom the user is affiliated.

Abstract: Network and storage calls are reduced by batching messages. Messages are collected from a client and sent to the gateway or backend application in one round trip. Alternatively, the messages are collected for different entities, and the batched messages are durably stored. Related messages, which may have the same sessionID, are grouped into a logical unit or session. This session may be locked to a single message consumer. A session may be associated with an application processing state as an atomic unit of work while other operations are performed on the messages in the session. Acknowledgements are accumulated by a broker on a message server, but the messages are not immediately deleted. Instead, multiple messages in a selected range are periodically truncated from a message store in a single operation. Expired messages for active sessions are proactive cleaned up to prevent sessions from reaching a quota or limit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a communication session identifier. A communication session identifier can act as a virtual relay between conference participants, forwarding emails, phone calls, attachments, messages, and other information from a central address associated with the communications session identifier. In this manner, a user who desires to communicate with other conference participants only needs to send the communication to the communication session identifier, which in turn distributes the communication to the other parties. These communications can include emails, social networking messages, instant messaging, voice messages, and other forms of communication.

Abstract: Distributing events to a large number of event consumers in a fashion that may minimize message copying and message latency. A method includes determining that an event should be sent to a set of specific consumers. The method further includes copying the event and providing individual copies to a plurality of distribution partitions. The method further includes, at each of the distribution partitions packaging a copy of the event with a plurality of routing slips to create a plurality of delivery bundles. The routing slips describing a plurality of individual consumers intended to receive the event. The method further includes using the delivery bundles, distributing the events to individual consumers as specified in the routing slips.

Abstract: Delivering a notification to a user device. One method includes receiving a generic event as part of a broadcast of the generic event to a plurality of consumers. The method further includes mapping the generic event to a specific notification for a specific end user consumer. The method further includes delivering the specific notification to the end user consumer.

Abstract: Provided are method of providing topic-based social network service. Present invention provides a method of providing a topic-based social network service (SNS), in which from among comment content written about a specific topic entity, comment content uploaded by users having a personal relationship (such as a friend or acquaintance relationship) with a logged-in user or by users designated as experts on the specific topic entity is provided to the logged-in user so that the logged-in user can secure reliable information about the specific topic entity.

Abstract: An information obtaining unit (11) obtains transmission-intended information input by an information sender, a candidate propagation NW obtaining unit (12) searches and obtains a candidate propagation network corresponding to the kind of the transmission-intended information among propagation networks each including information on a sender user, a recipient user, a kind of information transmitted from the sender user to the recipient user, and a number, a probability, a time or a combination thereof of transmission of the information of the kind from the sender user to the recipient user. A recommended propagation NW specifying unit (13) obtains, among the candidate propagation networks, the candidate propagation network having the highest expected value of the total number of the users to whom information will be propagated within a predetermined time as a recommended propagation network. A display generator unit (14) presents the recommended propagation network to the information sender.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an information transmission method and system, and a browser on a mobile terminal, and belongs to the field of the mobile Internet. Through the technical solutions of the present invention, an entire information transmission procedure does not require cooperation of an operator and a process having a specific function to be embedded, so that the information transmission procedure is simplified.

Abstract: A method for managing a broadcast message group includes storing a broadcast message and multiple messages associated with the broadcast message, classifying the multiple messages into multiple message subgroups, generating the broadcast message group including the broadcast message and the multiple message subgroups, and displaying the broadcast message and the multiple message subgroups if the broadcast message group is selected. An apparatus includes a storage unit to store a broadcast message and a reply message associated with the broadcast message, a display unit to display a broadcast message group in a message list, a controller to generate the broadcast message group including the broadcast message and the reply message. The display unit displays the broadcast message and the reply message if the broadcast message is selected.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the presence status on a mobile device is provided. The method comprises determining an active notification profile for said mobile device, said active notification profile defining how said mobile device notifies of new events; determining a corresponding presence status for said active notification profile; and setting said corresponding presence status as a current presence status.

Abstract: A method includes processing location data received from a mobile device with the communication interface, identifying a number of check-in locations located within a predetermined distance of the mobile device based on the location data, and generating a first message including the check-in locations located within the predetermined distance of the mobile device. The location data is associated with a user account. A second message received with the communication device from the mobile device is processed, and check-in data included in the second message is stored in a non-transient machine readable storage medium such that the check-in data is associated with the user account.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling communication between a user and at least one entity by a communication service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving a search for the at least one entity, analyzing the search, by a processor, to determine search results based on the search including the at least one entity, receiving a message from the user to the at least one entity, the message including inquiry information directed to the at least one entity, determining, by the processor, presence status associated with the at least one entity, establishing, by the processor, a communication channel between the user and the at least one entity based on the presence status, and transmitting a response to the message based on the inquiry information via the communication channel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining status of a user in a brokered chat service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving, via the brokered chat service, a check-in message from the user, establishing the status of the user as available in the brokered chat service, transmitting at least one message to the user via the brokered chat service in response to establishing the status of the user as available, and updating the status of the user in the brokered chat service in response to communication from the user.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system by receiving, at an instant messaging host, a video file from a sender and intended for a recipient; authenticating the video file; and sending the video file to the intended recipient.

Abstract: The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user's communications. For example access to a user's online presence may be restricted based on the known people such that access to presence is provided only to those people that the user knows.

Abstract: The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user's communications. For example access to a user's online presence may be restricted based on the known people such that access to presence is provided only to those people that the user knows.

Abstract: The people a user is presumed to know or be associated with may be determined using a number of techniques. This information about people that the user knows is used in relation to the user's communications. For example access to a user's online presence may be restricted based on the known people such that access to presence is provided only to those people that the user knows.

Abstract: Displaying electronic information in an instant-messaging application includes accessing a first electronic message providing information describing a first user that has an identifier included in a set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application. A second electronic message providing information describing a second user that has an identifier included in the set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application is accessed. Content contained within the first and second messages is analyzed to determine that at least a portion of content is common to the first and second electronic messages. Based upon the content analysis, an indication that the first and second messages include common content is provided to the user. Alternatively or additionally, an indication that two users are in physical proximity to a geographic location may be provided in response to detecting that the two users are within a threshold distance from the geographic location.

Abstract: Displaying electronic information in an instant-messaging application includes accessing a first electronic message providing information describing a first user that has an identifier included in a set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application. A second electronic message providing information describing a second user that has an identifier included in the set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application is accessed. Content contained within the first and second messages is analyzed to determine that at least a portion of content is common to the first and second electronic messages. Based upon the content analysis, an indication that the first and second messages include common content is provided to the user. Alternatively or additionally, an indication that two users are in physical proximity to a geographic location may be provided in response to detecting that the two users are within a threshold distance from the geographic location.

Abstract: Displaying electronic information in an instant-messaging application includes accessing a first electronic message providing information describing a first user that has an identifier included in a set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application. A second electronic message providing information describing a second user that has an identifier included in the set of identifiers of users of an instant messaging application is accessed. Content contained within the first and second messages is analyzed to determine that at least a portion of content is common to the first and second electronic messages. Based upon the content analysis, an indication that the first and second messages include common content is provided to the user. Alternatively or additionally, an indication that two users are in physical proximity to a geographic location may be provided in response to detecting that the two users are within a threshold distance from the geographic location.

Abstract: A user of an instant messaging system may store names of other users of the instant messaging system on a participant list (which may be referred to as a “buddy list”), and the names may be categorized into one or more groups. Similarly, a user of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, may store contact information about people on the mobile device. Information describing the on-line presence of the user within the instant messaging system or the geographic location of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone associated with the user, may be disseminated to users on the participant list or to people on the contact list based on notification information that is associated with groups of users or contacts.

Abstract: A user of an instant messaging system may store names of other users of the instant messaging system on a participant list (which may be referred to as a “buddy list”), and the names may be categorized into one or more groups. Similarly, a user of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone, may store contact information about people on the mobile device. Information describing the on-line presence of the user within the instant messaging system or the geographic location of a mobile device, such as a mobile telephone associated with the user, may be disseminated to users on the participant list or to people on the contact list based on notification information that is associated with groups of users or contacts.

Abstract: Publishing content associated with an electronic file attached to an electronic mail message by executing instructions contained in the electronic mail attachment and accessing the content at a remote computer server identified by the attached file. The attached file includes computer-executable instructions, such as a computer program or script, which include an identifier for a remote server connected to a distributed computer network. In response to launching the attached file of the electronic mail message with a viewer program, a browser program can be opened to enable the recipient to view the content of the identified remote server. This supports the communication of electronic content by using an electronic mail message to transport an electronic file attachment having instructions that, when executed by the recipient's computer, enable the recipient to view the electronic content by accessing a server computer connected to distributed computer network.

Abstract: A system and method for the creation and automated selection and inclusion an automated signature text with an electronic message, wherein the automated selection of the automated signature text is dependent on attributes of the message, the designated recipients, or attributes of the designated recipients as compared to the sender's attributes, such as the encoding type and/or transport method selected for the electronic message or the location of the recipient without the need for multiple user profiles or manual editing by the sender. At least one of a plurality of automated signature texts is associated with at least one encoding type of a plurality of encoding types, at least one message transport type, or with at least one predetermined recipient attribute or the outcome of a comparison of the recipient attribute with the sender's attributes. The appropriate automated signature text is inserted prior to encoding of the message for transport.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to set of improvements to the out of office assistant that send out of office messages to senders of messages while a recipient is out of the office. One embodiment of the out of office assistant associates an out of office message with a calendar event to ensure the out of office message is sent only for the predetermined time period associated with the calendar event. Other embodiments of the out of office assistant generating different messages to people internal to an organization and people external to an organization, and the out of office assistant allows different rich text formatting for the different messages. In a further embodiment, a persistent reminder reminds the user that the out of office message application is turned on.

Abstract: A method and system for populating identities in a message service involves registering a user of a first messaging service with a second messaging service. User identities for users other than the registered user may be identified. These user identities may be associated with the first messaging service and may be stored in a list associated with the registered user. It is determined if each identified user identity has a matching user identity associated with the second messaging service. If so, a database associated with the second messaging service is populated with the matching user identities. Determining whether a matching user identity exists may be performed, for example, by making character strings comparisons between user identities or using a database that stores a mapping of first messaging service user identities to second messaging service user identities. The mapping database may be generated as corresponding user identities are discovered.

Abstract: Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.

Abstract: Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.

Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing challenge messages to be sent directly to a recipient's inbox where normally the challenge message would be sent to a pending folder or deleted. Challenge messages sent between federated messaging services contain a federated token which can be identified, authenticated and validated to determine whether the challenge message should be sent to a recipient's inbox. The federated token can include an authentication portion and a validation portion. Authentication methods for the authentication portion can include, for example, checksums, salts, hashes and digital signatures. Once a federated token is authenticated by decrypting the authentication portion according to one or more of these authentication methods, the federated token is validated by determining the defined use-base and determining whether the receipt of the federated token satisfies the defined use.

Abstract: Instant messaging (IM) entities may be invited to an electronic calendar event using an instant message. Selecting the IM entities as invitees to the event may include dragging and dropping names of the IM entities from a buddy list of an IM application to an event from an electronic calendar application, or vice versa. A method of inviting an entity to a calendar event includes providing a calendar event from a calendar application and recognizing, by the calendar application, an IM entity as an invitee to the event.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an information combining method, a terminal and an Instant Messaging (IM) system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, original tips, and the original tips comprise a tag; parsing, by the terminal, the tag, replacing the tag in the original tips with corresponding terminal information, and generating final tips; displaying, by the terminal, the final tips. The information combining method, terminal and IM system provided by the present invention achieve the tips' generation in terminal, thereby simplifying the process for the server to issue tips to the terminal, and then enhancing the efficiency of the server, saving resources. In addition, it promotes the enrichment of content of the tips, and enhances the user experience.

Abstract: A wireless network system includes a platform device transmitting a first message including display capability information to at least one device and at least one device transmitting a second message to the platform device in response to the first message. The display capability information includes information on a display space and a display format supportable by the platform device. The second message includes display output information of the at least one device. The display output information includes: information on a display space, a display format, and display contents selected by the at least one device based upon the display capability information; and field type information that indicates characteristics of a field in which the display contents are displayed.

Abstract: A method for establishing an independent message page is provided. The method includes: obtaining, by an IM client, a trigger event for a message in a main panel, and obtaining identification information of the message according to the trigger event; determining, by the IM client, an independent message page corresponding to the identification information of the message; displaying, by the IM client, the independent message page. By using the present invention, the usability and interactivity of the IM client are improved. An apparatus applying the above method is also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for handling e-mail address mismatches between the address contained within a user's certificate or certificate chain, and the account address actually being used is disclosed. In order to resolve address mismatches a canonical or generic domain name or user name may, for example, be used as a lifelong address of a user that is contained in the user's certificate. Upon detection of an address mismatch, the system and method disclosed herein may automatically re-check the certificate or search for a certificate containing the canonical or generic domain name and/or user name to attempt to resolve the mismatch.

Abstract: A networking activity interactive system includes: a creating module for creating networking activity contents; an interactive module for receiving requests for participating the networking activity and participant data submitted by a user, to ensure only participant data in conformity with the networking activity contents is added to the participant user group of the networking activity, and the user is added to the participant user group; a database for storing the networking activity contents, the participant user group of the networking activity, and the participant reply content volume; a presenting module for presenting the networking activity content and the participant reply content volume of the networking activity. Furthermore, a method, a client terminal and a server for networking activity interactive are also provided. The present interactive system and method hereof, ensure that the participant data submitted by the user is in conformity with the created networking activity contents.

Abstract: Provided is a data transmission/reception system which can display a title created based on an attribute information of a data on a monitor with high visibility. When a command is inputted via an input unit, a CPU creates a title information file used for creating the title, and when the data is created, the CPU creates a title attribute information table. A communication terminal transmits and receives the data and the title attribute information table. The CPU creates the title in accordance with the title information file and the title attribute information table. The monitor displays plural titles on a title list screen. Accordingly, a user can display the plural titles on the monitor with the high visibility. Moreover, the user can easily manage the data in accordance with the title.