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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Bernadette A. Carter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Arthur R. Francis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6245 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide for inheriting social network information from a first user to one or more other users. In various examples, rule-based criteria (e.g., origination, update frequency, access, event occurrence and/or proficiency) are utilized for allowing a first user to bestow (e.g., transfer/share/delegate) social network information (e.g., authorization, access, contact(s), document(s), video(s), file(s), image(s), post(s), blog(s), content, rule(s) and/or control) to a second user.