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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Donald Fischer, Westford, MA (US);
Havoc Penington, Westford, MA (US);
Bryan Clark, Westford, MA (US);
Owen Taylor, Westford, MA (US);
Colin Walters, Westford, MA (US);
Donald Fischer, Westford, MA (US);
Havoc Penington, Westford, MA (US);
Bryan Clark, Westford, MA (US);
Owen Taylor, Westford, MA (US);
Colin Walters, Westford, MA (US);
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems can manage the multiple identities used by a user. The user's existing contact lists, website accounts, buddy lists, and the like are analyzed to determine the identities used by the user. A graph is then constructed in order to track and integrate the multiple identities of the user in a social network. The social network graph may then be used by a social network overlay so that the user can share information across their different identities with different users that only know some of the user's multiple identities.