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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2012
Barry A. Kritt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Douglas A. Law, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Shawn K. Sremaniak, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas S. Mazzeo, Durham, NC (US);
Barry A. Kritt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Douglas A. Law, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Shawn K. Sremaniak, Raleigh, NC (US);
Thomas S. Mazzeo, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A server computing device for a social networking web site receives from a user, via access of the web site, confidential information regarding the user, including information that the user does not socially share on the web site. The device associates the confidential information with a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user on the web site, and with an export group identifier corresponding to a type of the confidential information. The device associates the export group identifier with a password different from a user password the user employs to access the web site. The device receives, from a third party, a purported user identifier, a purported export group identifier, and a purported password, which the device validates against the user identifier, the export group identifier, and the password. Where validation is successful, the device permits access to the confidential information by the third party.