公开(公告)号：US09495716B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-15

申请号：US14317915

申请日：2014-06-27

Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.

Inventor： Christopher T. Szeto ,  Michael Holzer

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L12/58

CPC classification number: G06Q50/01 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L51/04 ,  H04L51/32

Abstract: Techniques for creating a social network are provided. Private relationships that are established (e.g., in the context of instant messaging) may become public by the action of a single user. Each user determines whether they want to be “social” to (or discoverable by) friends of the user's friends. For example, user A is a friend of (i.e., has established a relationship with) user B and user B is a friend of user C, but user A and user C are not friends of each other (i.e., user A and user C have not established a relationship with each other). If user C unilaterally takes an action, then user A is able to see that user C is a friend of user B. User A may then take further actions to attempt to establish a relationship with user C or otherwise contact user C.

Abstract translation: 提供了创建社交网络的技术。 建立的私人关系（例如，在即时消息的上下文中）可以通过单个用户的动作变得公开。 每个用户都确定他们是否要对用户的朋友的“社交”（或发现）给朋友。 例如，用户A与用户B的朋友（即已经建立了关系），用户B是用户C的朋友，但用户A和用户C不是彼此的朋友（即，用户A和用户C 没有建立起彼此的关系）。 如果用户C单方面采取行动，则用户A能够看到用户C是用户B的朋友。然后，用户A可以采取进一步的动作来尝试与用户C建立关系或以其他方式联系用户C.