US 12,223,518 B2
System and method for creating a social-networking online community
Alex Karelin, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Evan Rifkin, Marina Del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Viacom International Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/537,315.
Application 18/537,315 is a continuation of application No. 17/807,289, filed on Jun. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,875,364.
Application 17/807,289 is a continuation of application No. 16/210,949, filed on Dec. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,392,961, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 16/210,949 is a continuation of application No. 12/121,403, filed on May 15, 2008, granted, now 10,181,125, issued on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/938,150, filed on May 15, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2024/0112205 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 40/12 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for creating a feed of content items to be shared within a network of social-networking communities, comprising:
accessing, by a core server, a plurality of community identifiers respectively each community identifier corresponding to a respective one of the social-networking communities, wherein each of the social-networking communities maintains separate account information for its user members that is inaccessible to other social-networking communities in the plurality of social-networking communities;
accessing, by the core server, a plurality of core profiles, each core profile corresponding to a respective core user member identifier associated with a respective one of a plurality of core users;
receiving a first request to create a first feed on a first one of the social-networking communities, the first request being received from a first one of the core users that is a registered member of the first social-networking community, the first request including a descriptor of the first feed;
receiving a plurality of second requests to add content items to the first feed;
storing each content item included in the second requests in association with the first feed, wherein each content item included in the second requests includes desired content to be shared via the first social-networking community;
providing a webpage accessible to all of the core users, the webpage including a feed representation showing for each content item included in each of the second requests the descriptor of the first feed; and
storing a modification permission generated by the first core user identifying other core users registered as members of the first social-networking community that are permitted to modify the first feed.