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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2001
Harry W. Morris, Reston, VA (US);
Eric Bosco, Arlington, VA (US);
David Lowell Lippke, Herndon, VA (US);
Colin Anthony Steele, Leesburg, VA (US);
Harry W. Morris, Reston, VA (US);
Eric Bosco, Arlington, VA (US);
David Lowell Lippke, Herndon, VA (US);
Colin Anthony Steele, Leesburg, VA (US);
AOL, Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Abstract
Regulating a user of a computer-based service includes receiving input about a first user from at least one other user of the computer-based service, determining a degree to which the at least one other user can influence a parameter associated with the first user, and modifying the first user's parameter based on the received input and the determined degree of influence. The first user's parameter, for example, can relate to the first user's ability to use the computer-based service.