Access to electronic social networks

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8234300
APP PUB NO 20100088340A1
SERIAL NO

12246632

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A method comprising, defining a social network U={u, u′, . . . }, defining a set of relationships between users OU×U, defining a set of attributes of the social network A={a1, a2, . . . }, defining a set of contacts of the user u, defining a user profile of the user u Iu=Au∪Uu, defining a metric M={m1, m2, . . . }, receiving a rating of a metric of user u′ from the user u, defining a condition cεC, defining a set of elements Z={z1, z2, . . . }, receiving a request for access to Iu from user u′, determining authorization for user u′ to access a subset of Iu by an access control function U×U×Pow(R)×C→Pow(Iu×Z), and outputting a subset of Iu to user u′ as determined by the access control function.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Müller, Samuel Zürich, CH 5 10
Sommer, Dieter M Zürich, CH 18 302

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