VISIBILITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OVER THE INTERNET BASED UPON THE DISTANCE OF A RELATIONSHIP

摘要

A software application that lets users control the visibility of theirpersonal information, over theinternet, to their contacts based upon the distance of their relationship.Closer the relationship,more visible the personal information gets; conversely, farther therelationship, less visible itgets. The Distance of a user-contact relationship and the Range of Visibilityof elements of theuser's personal information can be set and then used to determine how visiblea user wants to beto his/her contact.