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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Michael I. Ahern, Brighton, MA (US);
Jacqueline M. Ferguson, Manchester, NH (US);
Alexander Kordun, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph A. Russo, Westford, MA (US);
Ajamu Wesley, Marlborough, MA (US);
Michael I. Ahern, Brighton, MA (US);
Jacqueline M. Ferguson, Manchester, NH (US);
Alexander Kordun, Arlington, MA (US);
Joseph A. Russo, Westford, MA (US);
Ajamu Wesley, Marlborough, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of managing online communities within an online community management system can include declaratively specifying a taxonomy of online community types, declaratively specifying a plurality of roles for members of online communities, and declaratively specifying a security policy that associates permissions with roles and online community types. A plurality of online community profiles can be maintained. Each online community profile can represent an online community, specify an online community type from the taxonomy, and specify a list of members of that online community as well as an associated role for each member. Access can be provided to a selected online community according to the online community type of the selected online community, a role within the selected online community that is associated with a user attempting to access the selected online community, and the security policy.