Interaction Privacy in a Default Network
AssigneeFoxwordy, Inc.
InventorsMonica Zent, Robert Schmitt
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Abstract
A system and a method are disclosed for controlling access to content in a default network computing system. The method includes receiving a request for a data item from a user, retrieving privacy settings associated with the data item, and retrieving groups associated with the requesting user's user profile. An access level is determined based on the groups associated with the requesting user profile and the retrieved privacy setting. The data item is redacted based on the determined access level and then provided for display to the requesting user.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for controlling access to data items in a default network computing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a user profile of the default network computing system, a request for display of a data item uploaded by a user profile and associated with one or more groups of user profiles;
- retrieving, from the default network computing system, a privacy setting specifying one or more groups of user profiles that may access the requested data item, each group having an associated visibility level to the requested data item as specified by the privacy setting;
- retrieving, through the default network computing system, one or more groups of user profiles associated with the requesting user profile;
- determining, through the default network computing system, an access level for the requesting user profile based on the retrieved privacy setting and the retrieved one or more groups of user profiles associated with the requesting user profile;
- redacting, through the default network computing system, the requested data item as specified by the determined visibility level;
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- providing for display, to the requesting user profile of the default network computing system, the redacted data item.
A computer-implemented method for controlling access to data items in a default network computing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a user profile, a request for display of a data item;
- retrieving a privacy setting specifying one or more groups of user profiles that may access the requested data item, each group having an associated visibility level to the requested data item as specified by the privacy setting;
- retrieving one or more groups of user profiles associated with the requesting user profile;
- determining, an access level for the requesting user profile based on the retrieved privacy setting and the retrieved one or more groups of user profiles associated with the requesting user profile;
- redacting, the requested data item as specified by the determined visibility level;
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- providing for display the redacted data item.
A computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive, from a user profile, a request for display of a data item;
- retrieve a privacy setting specifying one or more groups of user profiles that may access the requested data item, each group having an associated access level to the requested data item as specified by the privacy setting;
- retrieve one or more groups of user profiles associated with the requesting user profile;
- determine, an access level for the requesting user profile based on the retrieved privacy setting and the retrieved one or more groups of user profiles associated with the requesting user profile;
- redact, the requested data item as specified by the determined access level;
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- provide for display the redacted data item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.