Friendster

Friendster, an online community that connects people through networks of friends, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the social networking pioneer a new U.S. Patent titled.The patent, granted on March 6, 2007, describes a technology that allows members of a social network to manage their connections. Specifics disclosed in the patent include adding friends, personalizing your profile through arranging, ordering and classifying connections made in an online community, and managing these connections at will.