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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Donald Fischer, Westford, MA (US);
Havoc Pennington, Westford, MA (US);
Bryan Clark, Westford, MA (US);
Owen Taylor, Westford, MA (US);
Colin Walters, Westford, MA (US);
Donald Fischer, Westford, MA (US);
Havoc Pennington, 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
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and system for allowing an open overlay service for a social network to interface with other online services. In particular, the open overlay service configures its clients to make requests on behalf of the social network. Responses to the requests are routed back to the open overlay service and the information is then provided to the social network. Since the requests come from the client the online services will simply treat them as normal requests, and thus, the open overlay service can seamlessly integrate with a user's online services.