US 12,003,467 B2
Sharing web entities based on trust relationships
Swathi Ganapathi, Seattle, WA (US); George Karalis, Redmond, WA (US); and Michael J. Patten, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/605,937.
Prior Publication US 2018/0343215 A1, Nov. 29, 2018
Int. Cl. H04L 67/141 (2022.01); G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 69/329 (2022.01); H04L 67/14 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/046 (2013.01) [G06F 16/954 (2019.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.05); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04L 69/329 (2013.01); G06F 2216/15 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sharing browsing web entities, the system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
receive a browsing history and a plurality of web entities associated with a first browsing identity of a user in a web browser, the browsing history and the plurality of web entities associated with a current browsing activity of the user;
identify one or more subscriber browsing identities of other users associated with the first browsing identity based on one or more trust relationships;
identify one or more web entities of the plurality of web entities for sharing with a portion of the identified one or more subscriber browsing identities based on a topic-based sharing category defined by the identified one or more subscriber browsing identities, the topic-based sharing category identifying a topic that the portion of the identified one or more subscriber browsing identities are authorized to view during a first session of the user in the web browser, wherein the user is also authorized to view the topic during a second session of the one or more subscriber browsing identities in a corresponding web browser; and
cause the identified one or more web identities to be shared with the portion of the identified one or more subscriber browsing identities without sharing the identified one or more web entities with other of the identified one or more subscriber browsing identities.