Social circles in social networks

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United States of America

PATENT NO 9203878
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13164562

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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting contact data for displaying graphical representations of contacts for display to a user, the contacts being contacts of the user within a computer-implemented social networking service, generating a first social circle of the user, the first social circle comprising a first subset of contacts of the user within the social networking service and defining a first distribution for digital content, generating a second social circle of the user, the second social circle comprising a second subset of contacts of the user within the social networking service and defining a second distribution for digital content, and, in response to user input, providing the first social circle and the second social circle for selection by the user to define a distribution of digital content, the distribution comprising at least one of the first distribution and the second distribution.

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  • GOOGLE INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adams, Paul San Francisco, US 157 2503
Ben-Yair, Shimrit Sunnyvale, US 27 1088
Sladden, Mandy R Lafayette, US 7 632
Smarr, Joseph Half Moon Bay, US 14 899
Terleski, Jonathan Mountain View, US 50 1399

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