SOCIAL NETWORK ROUTING

摘要

An Ad Hoc social networking environment enables information and device access management between social networking groups and social networking members with or without access restrictions and anonymity. Contact and access information can be exchanged and updated on the fly without requiring users to notify other contacts or contacting devices and can support underlying contact information changes, enable extemporaneous termination or modification of contact access, enable temporary access, and the like. Ad Hoc social networking can utilize unique identifiers, proxy elements, or the like to support various levels of membership anonymity and Ad Hoc social networking. Proxy elements enable SNET tear down or dissolution by retracting the proxy service from a member. Storing social group contact information in shared databases can enable sharing and updating of contact information without the need to inform affected contacts. Some social networks can include various specialized devices and related services.

主权项

1. A social network (SNET) infrastructure comprising:
a social server configured to store contact information of at least one SNET member who is also a member of an SNET group, the at least one member having contact information designated as anonymous with respect to nonmembers of the SNET group; the social server configured to support communications between a first device associated with the members of the SNET group and a second device associated with a nonmember of the SNET group; and a proxy supporting varying levels of readdressing based on social networking group membership, wherein:
data transfers from the first device to the second device use direct packet routing; anddata transfers from the second device to the first device flow through the proxy.