Sean Edward Purcell

Title: Sean Edward Purcell: Patents in Social Networking and Privacy

Introduction

Sean Edward Purcell is an inventor associated with Google Inc. and based in San Francisco, California. His patent work includes systems for social networking, profile information, and controlling what information is shared during interactions. He is credited with 3 patents.

Latest Patents

“Enabling Communication While Limiting Access to User Information” describes a system that uses different identifiers to support communication between users while limiting the profile information available to another user. The system associates identifiers with a user and an application, enables an interaction, and displays information according to the relevant identifier.

“Providing Information Associated with a Profile Owner in a Social Network System” concerns presenting profile and contact information to a target user. In one implementation, profile data and contact data supplied by different users are combined in an interleaved view, with both types of information displayed in the same section.

Career Highlights

Purcell’s listed inventions address practical challenges in social networking, including enabling user interactions while managing access to personal information. His work reflects an interest in how platforms organize and present information associated with user profiles.

Collaborations

Purcell is associated with Google Inc. His listed coworkers include Corinna Hinke and Kobi Isaac Reiter.

Conclusion

Sean Edward Purcell’s patents focus on social-networking systems that facilitate communication and present profile information while accounting for privacy and access controls.