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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Oludare Obasanjo, Redmond, WA (US);
David Nichols, Redmond, WA (US);
Bhupinder Sethi, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Ming, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Oludare Obasanjo, Redmond, WA (US);
David Nichols, Redmond, WA (US);
Bhupinder Sethi, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul Ming, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques are described for use with social networks and associated access information, such as access control lists, indicating which users are allowed to access the social networks. The social networks represent relationships between users. The social networks and access control lists may be represented in a graph which is traversed in connection with performing different operations using the social networks.