US 2016/0112431 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIVACY POLICY MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Various methods are provided for determining run-time characteristics of an application at the time of installation and/or modification. Based on the determined run time characteristics, various methods control the installation and/or modification of the application based on a user privacy profile. One example method may comprise receiving a request to modify an application. A method may further comprise determining whether a conflict is present between the application and a user privacy profile. A method may further comprise causing the determined conflict and at least one conflict resolution to be displayed in an instance in which a conflict is determined. A method additionally comprises causing a user privacy profile to be modified in an instance in which an indication of acceptance is received in response to the displayed at least one conflict resolution.

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Dependent claims

1-48. (canceled)

An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including software, the memory and the software configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

determine a conflict is present between an application and a user privacy profile when a sensor sequence in the application is at least a subsequence of the user privacy profile, wherein the determining the conflict is present includes at least:
determine a first characteristic in the sensor sequence of the application;
determine a second characteristic in the subsequence of the user privacy profile;
and
determine that the conflict is present based on at least a comparison of the first characteristic to the second characteristic;
display the conflict and at least one conflict resolution;
and
cause the user privacy profile to be modified, when an indication of acceptance is received in response to the displayed conflict and at least one conflict resolution.

5 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause operations comprising:

determining a conflict is present between an application and a user privacy profile, when a sensor sequence in the application is at least a subsequence of the user privacy profile, wherein the determining the conflict is present includes at least:
determining a first characteristic in the sensor sequence of the application;
determining a second characteristic in the subsequence of the user privacy profile;
and
determining that the conflict is present based on at least a comparison of the first characteristic to the second characteristic;
displaying the conflict and at least one conflict resolution;
and
causing the user privacy profile to be modified, when an indication of acceptance is received in response to the displayed conflict and at least one conflict resolution.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/983,200Filed 29 Dec 2015

Priority

22 Feb 2014

Published

21 Apr 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 63/102
For controlling access to devices or network resources: entity profiles
G06F 21/6218
Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules: to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file…
H04L 63/105
For controlling access to devices or network resources: multiple levels of security
H04W 8/18
Network data management: processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or…

Method and apparatus for privacy policy management

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Method and apparatus for privacy policy management

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