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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Galbreath, Tokyo, JP;

Christopher Lunt, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 40/02 (2012.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/3012 (2013.01); G06F 17/30289 (2013.01); G06F 17/30604 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

In particular embodiments, a method comprises maintaining a database of connections between a plurality of members of an online social network, creating a new entry for a new user in the database responsive to the new user joining the online social network, determining whether the new user joined the online social network in response to a request from an existing user of the online social network, and if the new user joined the online social network in response to a request from the existing user, then sending a prompt to the new user to confirm the relationship between the new user and the existing user.


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