Social platform with enhanced privacy and integrated customization features

Abstract

A social networking platform offering various services, such as, facilitating aggregation and management of a user's interaction on one or more social networking platforms, offering enhanced control over the level of privacy associated with the flow of user data, offering tools to customize the user's exposure to advertisement-related content on the social networking platform(s), integrating features to control aspects of how data / content is presented to and visualized by the user, empowering the user to multicast direct messages to other users without the other users having to meet certain constraints, empowering the user to create and / or join a group based on messaging threads, and the like. One or more of these enhanced services / features are associated with a powerful framework of authentication / permission model for access control.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to computer networks, and more particularly systems and methods related to social networking with enhanced control over privacy and customization based on user preference.BACKGROUND[0002]Conventional social networks (such as Facebook® and LinkedIn®) provide a variety of features, sometimes free of charge and often on a “freemium” model, to attract users to their site, but almost all of the social network platform providers retain a level of control on user content which may compromise a user's privacy. In an attempt to commercially monetize data extracted from the user's interaction on their sites, the platform providers make the data available to advertisement services / retailers / wholesalers. Currently, users almost have no choice to enjoy the social networking experience without having to endure undesirable exposure to advertisement and / or breach of privacy, resulting in a lot of potential users avoiding social networking al...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention offers a social networking platform that offers various services and features to users. It is designed to be safe for minors and can be customized for businesses and enterprises. The platform allows users to connect with different social networks and access content from external networks. It also lets users control the format of information they receive and offers privacy protections. The invention's "All-in-one Dashboard" offers user groups, social network aggregation, and free personal cloud storage. The platform also allows users to manage their digital content and control how it is shared with others. Overall, the invention provides an enhanced level of privacy and customization for social networking platforms.

Problems solved by technology

Currently, users almost have no choice to enjoy the social networking experience without having to endure undesirable exposure to advertisement and / or breach of privacy, resulting in a lot of potential users avoiding social networking altogether.

This shortcoming may actually hurt businesses who would want to reach out to potential customers in a meaningful way where the user's attention is not diluted by an overwhelming amount of un-curated data.

Often, user has no flexibility in aggregating contents from various networks as personal bookmarking / archival.

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