| US 7,599,935 B2 | ||
| Control for enabling a user to preview display of selected content based on another user's authorization level | ||
| Michael La Rotonda, Oakland, Calif. (US); Neal Sample, Santa Cruz, Calif. (US); Paul Brody, Palo Alto, Calif. (US); Ellen Sue Perelman, San Francisco, Calif. (US); and Ericson DeJesus, San Francisco, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to YAHOO! Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 20, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/314,201. | ||
| Application 11/314201 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/832172, filed on Apr. 26, 2004, granted, now 7,269,590. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/540505, filed on Jan. 29, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/544639, filed on Feb. 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0184578 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—9 [707/104.1] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method for previewing content on a computer display device, comprising:
receiving a selected user relationship indicating a relationship between a first user and a second user;
accessing content that is limited to information associated with the first user and is associated with the selected user relationship
between the first user and the second user, wherein the selected user relationship controls which portions of the content
are accessible to the second user if the second user were to request access to the content associated with the first user;
and
providing a preview portion of the accessed content for display to the first user on the computer display device, enabling
the first user to preview the preview portion of the accessed content as it would be displayed to the second user on another
computer display device.
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