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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Michael LA Rotonda, Oakland, CA (US);
Neal Sample, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Paul Brody, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ellen Sue Perelman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ericson Dejesus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael La Rotonda, Oakland, CA (US);
Neal Sample, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Paul Brody, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ellen Sue Perelman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ericson DeJesus, San Francisco, CA (US);
YAHOO! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Enabling a first user to preview content as it would be seen by a second user, if the second user had a selected user relationship with the first user. The selected user relationship may include a relationship degree, a relationship category, a relationship rating, and/or other form of relationship. In one embodiment, a user interface enables the first user to assign user relationships to portions of content and to other users. The first user selects a user relationship, which is used to access those portions of content that are associated with the first user and assigned the selected user relationship. The corresponding portions of content are used to generate a preview display for the first user, illustrating the portions of content that would be accessible to other users assigned the same user relationship or assigned a closer user relationship. Preview may be generated by a server or a local client.