Aggregating Online Activities

Abstract

The disclosure includes a system and method for automatically authorizing data transfer from a third party service to a user device. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive a request for data from a user of a user device; receive information associated with the user and information associated with the user device; determine whether the user has previously provided authorization for a particular application available on the third party site; determine whether the user has previously provided authorization for the user device; and if the user has previously provided authorization for a particular application available on the third party site or has previously provided authorization for the user device, send data to the user device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a first service from a second service, a request for approval of data transmission;   receiving, at the first service, user information and information associated with a first device;   determining whether a user has previously granted access to the second service to the first service using the first device;   determining whether a second device was previously granted access to the first service; and   responsive to determining that the user has previously granted access to the second service to the first service using the first device and the second device was previously granted access to the first service, sending approval to transmit data by the second service to the second device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user device is a mobile phone. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user device is a tablet computer. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second service is a third party service. 
     
     
         5 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a first service, content for publishing from a user device, the content including a plurality of data items;   receiving, at the first service, data associated with the plurality of data items from a second service, the second service having received user authorization to interact with the first service;   generating, by the first service, a post including a representation of the plurality of data items;   receiving, at the first service, a selection of at least one of the plurality of data items; and   generating an action directed to the second service corresponding to the selection.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the content for publishing is received from the user device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the content for publishing is received from the second service. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the second service is a third party service. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a first service, content for publishing including at least one data item;   receiving, at the first service, data associated with the at least one data item from a second service, the second service having authorization to interact with the first service;   generating, by the first service, a post including a dynamic representation of the at least one data item;   receiving, at the first service, an update associated with the at least one data item from the second service; and   generating, by the first service, an updated post including an update to the dynamic representation of the at least one data item based on the update associated with the at least one data item from the second service.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the content for publishing is received from the user device. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the content for publishing is received from the second service. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the second service is a third party service. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a first service, an indication that a user interacted with a second service;   receiving, at the first service, an input identifying the second service;   determining, at the first service, whether second service is enrolled with the first service;   determining, at the first service, an identity of the user;   determining that the user authorized a particular scope of sharing of data from the first service to the second service;   determining, at the first service, what information the user has permitted sharing with the second service based on the particular scope of sharing;   retrieving the permitted user information from the first service; and   providing permitted information to the second service.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 encrypting the user information; and   providing encrypted permitted information to the second service.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the second service is a third party service. 
     
     
         16 . A method comprising:
 receiving activity information associated with a user from a first service, the activity information including information related to the user activity associated with a second service on the first service;   receiving data associated with the activity information from a second service;   aggregating the activity information from the first service and the data from the second service at the first service;   determining, at the first service, associated information related to aggregated activity information; and   sending the associated information and at least a portion of the aggregated activity information and data from second service to the second service for display.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein sending the associated information for display including sending the information to the first service. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the second service is a third party service.