Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Creation of a virtual community
- Patent Title (中): 创建虚拟社区
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Application No.: US13093162Application Date: 2011-04-25
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Publication No.: US08296282B2Publication Date: 2012-10-23
- Inventor: Timo Ahopelto , Donald Peppers , Kai Friman
- Applicant: Timo Ahopelto , Donald Peppers , Kai Friman
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30

Abstract:
In order to facilitate creation of a community without member-specific registration, one or more sibling identifiers with corresponding units to be distributed to other persons are allocated to a subscriber and the one or more sibling identifiers is associated with the subscriber's identifier. The subscriber may then give a unit to his/her friend and when the friend uses the unit, or more precisely a sibling identifier the unit relates to, the system will recognize that the subscriber and the friend belong to the same community on the basis of the association formed when sibling identifiers were allocated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110202566A1 CREATION OF A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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