Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks

seobythesea.com 18 Sep '12, 11am

Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks

Google was granted a patent this week on the use of personas or pseudonyms in social networks today, with the patent originally filed a little less than a year ago. The patent explicitly points at Google Plus as an example of a social network that processes in the patent could be applied to. The patent doesn’t grant Google the ability to let people use pseudonyms in social networks, but rather that a pseudonym could be presented as someone’s name based upon their choices of who would see that name or their “real” name. User Interface to Create a Persona for a Social Network When Google first launched Google Plus, one of the policies in place was that people were required to use their commonly used names to join. After some very intense debate and discussion across the Web, Google started backtracking on their common names policy , and offered an alternative approach this s...

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@KevinJackowski » 07 Oct '12, 1pm
RT @SEM_Deutschland: RT @SEM_Deutschland: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link]
@seotweetz » 01 Oct '12, 8am
RT @YodelayKeir: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] via @bill_slawski #seo
@qnary » 26 Sep '12, 7pm
Google's pseudonym patent with reputation scoring: good idea, or a split-personality enabler? [link]
@magicrob » 26 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @ericlanderseo: Google was recently awarded a patent that scores social reputations and personas. [link] via @debramast ...
@ericlanderseo » 26 Sep '12, 2pm
Google was recently awarded a patent that scores social reputations and personas. [link] via @debramastaler @bill_slawski
@stevegerencser » 26 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @debramastaler: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social [link] (read next to last parag before comments)
@debramastaler » 26 Sep '12, 2pm
Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social [link] (read next to last parag before comments)
@joemerante » 26 Sep '12, 4am
My tweetable take: patent on user-selected shared use or visibility of role-based permissions.. in 2012. Summary: [link]
@jmcest » 25 Sep '12, 1am
MT @efa_oz Google patents process for creating/using personas in social nets w/ user-controlled degrees of visibility [link]
@efa_oz » 25 Sep '12, 12am
Google patents process for creating/using personas in social networks w/ user-controlled degrees of visibility #privacy [link]
@NoSafeWord » 22 Sep '12, 11pm
RT @Info_Activism: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link]
@GuerrillaDaily » 22 Sep '12, 6pm
Good explanation of Google's new pseudonym patent: [link]
@MlleBourque » 22 Sep '12, 5pm
Quand les avocats s'en mêlent, ça donne du patent de Social Computing personas. [link] [link]
@davidescolano » 20 Sep '12, 11am
RT @fernandomacia: Nueva patente de Google para gestionar seudónimos de personas en redes sociales [link] #SocialMedia
@RicardFS » 20 Sep '12, 7am
RT @fernandomacia: Nueva patente de Google para gestionar seudónimos de personas en redes sociales [link]
@fernandomacia » 20 Sep '12, 7am
Nueva patente de Google para gestionar seudónimos de personas en redes sociales [link]
@BrianMakas » 19 Sep '12, 9pm
RT @Acronym_Media RT @fighto: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link]
@susanbranch » 19 Sep '12, 7pm
One day soon, we may be able to have more than one persona on line .... [link] via @bill_slawski
@123Kiki » 19 Sep '12, 6pm
Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] #privacy #social #googleownstheworld
@451Degrees » 19 Sep '12, 5pm
@ericmayers congrats! Deep Throat is good for everyone ~ @Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] @bill_slawski
@seotweetz » 19 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @THERCOM1: #Google #Patent for #Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] via @bill_slawski #SEO #Brands
@THERCOM1 » 19 Sep '12, 2pm
#Google #Patent for #Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] via @bill_slawski #SEO #Brands
@demainlaveille » 19 Sep '12, 12pm
Un brevet pour la gestion des pseudonymes sur les réseaux sociaux par Google [link]
@gautenginnovate » 19 Sep '12, 10am
Google granted pseudonyms patent on social networks [link] Relevant to #egov and citizen participation focus area in #GIComp?
@2complex2know » 19 Sep '12, 9am
RT @Saccaparami: #Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] Interesting
@schachin » 19 Sep '12, 9am
RT @mediadonis: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks -> [link] via @bill_slawski #Google #Patents
@ShiCooks » 19 Sep '12, 6am
.@Google granted patent for social media pseudonyms [link] via @LaurenWeinstein @Liberationtech @vallie @Sannri
@8s » 19 Sep '12, 6am
RT @vallie: .@Google granted patent for social media pseudonyms [link] via @LaurenWeinstein rt @Liberationtech
@oracledigital » 19 Sep '12, 4am
#Google Patent for Pseudonyms in #SocialNetworks | [link]
@minut_ee » 18 Sep '12, 11pm
RT @Liberationtech: .@Google granted patent for social media pseudonyms [link] via @LaurenWeinstein
@aestetix » 18 Sep '12, 10pm
Google's new approach to personas: so close, and yet so far off... [link]
@jilliancyork » 18 Sep '12, 10pm
RT @evacide: Google patents a method of displaying pseudonymous accounts, points to G+ as a use case: [link] #nymwars via ...
@evacide » 18 Sep '12, 10pm
Google patents a method of displaying pseudonymous accounts, points to G+ as a use case: [link] #nymwars via @jilliancyork
@beigecore » 18 Sep '12, 10pm
thought of @jilliancyork's discussion of Google's real names policy, so it's weird to see it patent a pseudonym system. [link]
@Liberationtech » 18 Sep '12, 10pm
.@Google granted patent for social media pseudonyms [link] via @LaurenWeinstein
@coreplane » 18 Sep '12, 9pm
It's gotten so, when I read the words "A system and method for ..." I get nauseous. [link]
@shaolinbird » 18 Sep '12, 8pm
Google brevète un système qui permet d'afficher au choix pseudonyme ou 'vrai nom' sur un réseau social: [link] - via @THD_IT
@rootwyrm » 18 Sep '12, 8pm
So tell me again how our patent system is not completely and utterly broken? [link]
@THD_IT » 18 Sep '12, 8pm
RT @SLWorona Want to choose between displaying real name or pseudonym based on who's looking?Google just patented that. [link]
@SLWorona » 18 Sep '12, 8pm
Want to choose between displaying real name or pseudonym based on who's looking? Google just patented that. [link]
@jaykaydee » 18 Sep '12, 8pm
RT @fstutzman: Google patents pseudonyms in social network sites: [link] Me: [link] h/t @laurenweinstein
@bkuerbis » 18 Sep '12, 8pm
Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] <- how is the account that links personas governed? #identity #NSTIC
@TiggeritoTimes » 18 Sep '12, 7pm
Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks via @gfiorelli1: Google was granted a patent this week on the use of... [link]
@fstutzman » 18 Sep '12, 7pm
Google patents pseudonyms in social network sites: [link] Me: [link] h/t @laurenweinstein
@NomdeB » 18 Sep '12, 7pm
Screaming at my computer. >> Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks: [link] #nymwars
@eric_andersen » 18 Sep '12, 7pm
Whoa, really? @Google patents the use of personas/pseudonyms in social networks [link] /via @glenngabe
@HackerYolk » 18 Sep '12, 7pm
Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks - [link] /HN
@LSeco » 18 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @javierpallero: Google patentó los pseudónimos en las redes sociales [link] #ohlapropiedadintelectual
@javierpallero » 18 Sep '12, 6pm
Google patentó los pseudónimos en las redes sociales [link] #ohlapropiedadintelectual
@disseny_web » 18 Sep '12, 5pm
RT @arturomarimon: RT @seoptimise: Google Patent for Pseudonyms in Social Networks [link] via @bill_slawski