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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Michelle M. Aleong, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul A. Elliott, Woodinville, WA (US);
Bhupinder S. Sethi, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric J. Zappa, Seattle, WA (US);
Michelle M. Aleong, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul A. Elliott, Woodinville, WA (US);
Bhupinder S. Sethi, Redmond, WA (US);
Eric J. Zappa, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described to establish one-way public relationships. In an implementation, a control is exposed that is operable to become a fan of an object within a social networking page. Responsive to operation of the control, data may be stored to establish a one-way public relationship between a user and the selected object. By establishing a one-way public relationship rather than a mutual friend relationship, the object and/or a corresponding owner of the object is not included in the user's social network and is not provided access to the user's profile, status, or other personal information. The one-way public relationship may be employed by a service provider to serve content related to the object to the user. The one-way public relationships may also be employed by the service provider to push status updates regarding the object to 'fans' of the object.