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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2018
Google Llc, 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
Technology for managing the flow of messages among accounts of a social network. One method enables a first account (e.g., person or entity account) to elect a second account (e.g., person or entity account) in the social network. The election causes the first account to follow the second account to receive electronic messages of the second account. Further, an election of the first account by the second account is disabled until the first account follows the second account. Additionally, the method includes an operation for detecting the first account has followed the second account and has added the second account to a communication group managed by the first account.