公开(公告)号：US10812438B1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-20

申请号：US15976740

申请日：2018-05-10

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Andrea Vaccari ,  Li Hua ,  Jia Li ,  Yimin Chen ,  Zheng Fang ,  David James Mason ,  Shu Wu ,  Xiaotian Guo ,  Xiaowei Jiang

IPC: H04L12/58 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/26

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a unique identifier of a second user from a mobile client system of a first user after the second user requests to communicate with the first user, identifying the second user based on the unique identifier, retrieving multiple items of profile information of the second user, determining whether the unique identifier is in a list of blocked identifiers, and sending to the first user a notification that a communication request form the second user has been declined if the unique identifier is in the list of blocked identifiers. The method also includes sending the first user multiple items of profile information of the second user if the unique identifier is in the list of blocked identifiers.

公开(公告)号：US10003563B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-19

申请号：US14721762

申请日：2015-05-26

Applicant: Facebook, Inc.

Inventor： Andrea Vaccari ,  Li Hua ,  Jia Li ,  Yimin Chen ,  Zheng Fang ,  David James Mason ,  Shu Wu ,  Xiaotian Guo ,  Xiaowei Jiang

IPC: H04L12/58 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L51/32 ,  H04L43/045 ,  H04L51/38 ,  H04L67/306

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, an unique identifier associated with a second user of the online social network, the unique identifier being sent responsive to a communication between the second user and the first user, accessing a social graph including first and second nodes corresponding to the first and second users, respectively, identifying the second user based on the unique identifier, retrieving profile information associated with the second user and a privacy setting associated with the second user, determining whether the information is visible to the first user based on the privacy setting and a degree of separation in the social graph between the first node and the second node, and sending, to the client system, the profile information that is visible to the first user for display in association with the communication.