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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2007
Christophe Gustave, Ottawa, CA;
Brad Mcfarlane, Ottawa, CA;
Stanley Taihai Chow, Ottawa, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of automatically aggregating an online user community, and graphical user interface for same, the method including one or more of the following: a user creating the online community; the user defining an aggregation policy for the online user community; a service provider retrieving the aggregation policy; the service provider applying the aggregation policy to an other user; determining whether the other user fits the aggregation policy; adding the other user to the online user community; the user defining an anti-aggregation policy; the service provider retrieving the anti-aggregation policy; determining whether the other user fits the anti-aggregation policy; and removing the other user from the online user community when the other user fits the anti-aggregation policy.