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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Dunne, Waterford, IE;
Jason Flood, Dublin, IE;
Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Cary, NC (US);
Ian David Stewart, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementing security in social applications includes inferring a closeness level of a connection to a user's profile of a social application based on a closeness policy and implementing a security level individualized to the connection based on the closeness level.