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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Linkedin Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Viji Nair, Bangalore, IN;

Basil Kurian, Bangalore, IN;

Theodore Hwa, Cupertino, CA (US);

Karrick McDermott, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method and system for responding to receipt of an identifier of a first member having an account in an online social network is disclosed herein. One or more members connected to the first member are determined based on a same web browser identifier associated with each of the first member and the one or more members. There is caused to be displayed one or more graphical elements, such as a first graphical element visually depicting a connection between the first member to each of the respective one or more members and a second graphical element visually depicting account information and account access information of the first member and the one or more members.


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