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What is Friendster?

Friendster is a social networking service that was established in March 2002. The company president, Kent Lindstrom, was one of the first employees hired by the Company.

More than 65 million people have signed up for accounts with Friendster. The goal of the Company is to help people stay in touch with friends and family members, as well as to meet new people online who share the same interests.

Friendster accounts are available to adults (age 18 and over). From its launch, Friendster has attempted to provide an environment that is particularly user-friendly. The Company holds several patents relating to social networking.

Friendster and Patents

Friendster received a patent in July of 2006 for "A System, Method and Apparatus for Connecting Users in an Online Computer System Based on Their Relationships within Social Networks" (U.S. Patent No. 7,069,308). The second patent was awarded in October of the same year and is entitled a "Method of Inducing Content Uploads in a Social Network" (U.S. Patent No. 7,117,254).

The third patent owned by Friendster was granted on March 6, 2007 and deals with the process in allowing site members to manage their connections to other members, including:

• Personalizing a Profile
• Adding Friends
• Ordering and Classifying the Friends Added to a Member Profile

This patent is called a "System and Method for Managing Connections in an Online Social Network" (U.S. Patent No. 7,188,153 B2).

Friendster and Cookies

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a text file that is stored on an Internet user's hard disk. The cookie allows a web site to store some information on that individual's computer to be retrieved at a later time. An example of a function performed by a cookie is to assign a number to each site visitor. The ID number is stored on the site visitor's computer.

A cookie is not a computer program, and it isn't able to do anything to your computer. The only information a web site can retrieve from your computer is what it placed on your computer in the first place. Cookies cannot retrieve any information from other parts of your computer and send them to a web site.

Cookies Used by Friendster

Friendster has a strict policy of not using cookies for the purpose of collecting private information about any of its members. It does use session ID cookies and persistent cookies.

Session ID cookies are used to make it easier for Friendster members to move through the web site. This type of cookie will expire when you close your Web browser. A persistent cookie will remain on your hard drive for an extended period of time.

You also have the option of using a cookie to remember your e-mail address so that you can log into the Friendster web site automatically.

Removing Cookies Used by Friendster

Persistent cookies can be removed from your hard drive if you don't want them on your computer. The instructions for this procedure will be found under the "Help" menu of your Internet browser. This course of action may have severe consequences when you try to log back in to the Friendster web site, however.

If You Get a Friendster Cookies Error

Getting a Friendster cookies error means that the persistent cookies have been rejected or disabled in your Web browser. When this happens, they cannot be retrieved. You may not be able to use the Friendster Web site in this situation.