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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Todd Sampson, Orlando, FL (US);
Eric Marcoullier, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Sampson, Orlando, FL (US);
Steve Ho, Apopka, FL (US);
Neil Scott Rafer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Todd Sampson, Orlando, FL (US);
Eric Marcoullier, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Sampson, Orlando, FL (US);
Steve Ho, Apopka, FL (US);
Neil Scott Rafer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are directed towards enabling control of widgets using on-widget data controls. A visitor may enter selective personal information and determine what information is made available on a social networking webpage. A visitor to a social networking website may select to not have their information displayed at a social networking website, while still being displayed at another social networking website. A visitor's information may be displayed within a reader roll, an association listing, a visitor comment page, or the like. An owner of a social networking website may also select not to have a visitor's information displayed on the website. In one embodiment, selecting not to display information may be performed by 'mousing' over the information and selecting a display option. Social networking websites may look to a centralized registration system to determine whether to display the visitor information.