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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Dennis Troper, Los Altos, CA (US);
Pavan Desikan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Nestler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Amar Gandhi, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brynn Evans, Los Altos, CA (US);
Karthik M. Nagaraj, Livermore, CA (US);
Jean-Christophe E. Lilot, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Besbris, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan Terleski, Mountain View, CA (US);
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for managing the flow of messages among users of a social network. One method enables the election of an entity in the social network by a person in the social network. The election indicates that the person follows the entity to receive entity electronic messages. Further, an election of the person by the entity is disabled until it is detected that the person has elected to follow the entity. Additionally, the method includes an operation for detecting the election of the entity by the person, where the person is enabled to add the entity to communication groups managed by the person after the election. The entity is enabled to follow the person after the person elects to follow the entity, and messages from the person to communication groups including the entity will reach the entity.