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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Andrew Feng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Atul Bhandari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Valerie Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Feng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Atul Bhandari, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Valerie Kucharewski, San Jose, CA (US);
AOL Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a Web service which enables a publisher to share his digital resources such as an address card or a calendar with a number of subscribers based on different sharing relationships. The Web service includes a host-based interface called 'My Community', for example, with which the publisher manages the share-relationships with his community members. The community members are organized into different groups. Each group includes a number of community members who have a common sharing relationship with the publisher with respect to one or more views of the shared resources. A resource may have multiple views. Each of the views has Metadata describing sharing-styles, as well as version, creation date, size, and the like. Each sharing style corresponds to a specific sharing relationship between a community member and the publisher.