# US 2018/0025178 A1 · Systems and methods for trigger-based modification of privacy settings associated with posts > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025178 A1 - Document ID: US20180025178A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/712,123 - Filed: 2017-09-21 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-14 - Assignees: Facebook, Inc. - Applicants: Facebook, Inc. - Inventors: Yin-Ting Tung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025178A1 ## CPC - G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes} - H04L 63/101: {Access control lists [ACL]} - H04W 12/02: Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] - G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users - H04L 63/0407: {wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for anonymous credentials or for identity based cryptographic systems H04L9/00)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a post to be published via a social networking system. A privacy schedule for modifying a privacy setting associated with the post can be determined. A trigger to modify the privacy setting associated with the post can be detected. The privacy setting can be modified based on the privacy schedule when the trigger is detected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, by a computing system, a privacy schedule for at least one content item, the privacy schedule specifying criteria for modifying at least one privacy setting for the content item; determining, by the computing system, that criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item is satisfied; and applying, by the computing system, the modification to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item includes at least one time-based trigger. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the criteria includes a first time-based trigger that specifies a first duration of time after which a first modification is applied to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the criteria includes a second time-based trigger that specifies a second duration of time after which a second modification is applied to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item includes at least one event-based trigger. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the event-based trigger corresponds to at least one of a relationship status update of a user that posted the content item, the user graduating from school, beginning or ending a school application period, beginning or ending a job application period, or a customized event created by the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein applying the modification to the privacy setting further comprises: modifying, by the computing system, a user audience that is permitted to access the content item. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein a number of users included in the user audience is decreased after applying the modification to the privacy setting. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein a number of users included in the user audience is increased after applying the modification to the privacy setting. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein, after applying the modification to the privacy setting, the user audience is limited to a user that posted the content item. ### Claim 11 A system comprising: at least one processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform: determining a privacy schedule for at least one content item, the privacy schedule specifying criteria for modifying at least one privacy setting for the content item; determining that criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item is satisfied; and applying the modification to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item includes at least one time-based trigger. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the criteria includes a first time-based trigger that specifies a first duration of time after which a first modification is applied to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the criteria includes a second time-based trigger that specifies a second duration of time after which a second modification is applied to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item includes at least one event-based trigger. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising: determining a privacy schedule for at least one content item, the privacy schedule specifying criteria for modifying at least one privacy setting for the content item; determining that criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item is satisfied; and applying the modification to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item includes at least one time-based trigger. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the criteria includes a first time-based trigger that specifies a first duration of time after which a first modification is applied to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the criteria includes a second time-based trigger that specifies a second duration of time after which a second modification is applied to the privacy setting for the content item. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the criteria for modifying the at least one privacy setting for the content item includes at least one event-based trigger.