Portable privacy management

• US 10,467,551 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2017
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Motor Company
• Original Assignee: Ford Motor Company
• Inventors: Gayton, Bradley Michael, Kidd, Joseph A., Gertsen, Deborah N., Katz, Elliot S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smithers, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US15/620,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20180357438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

A memory of a privacy server stores user data and user settings. A processor of the privacy server is programmed to receive user settings corresponding to a user of a journey planning application; receive user data from vehicles and mobility services; manage the user data of the user according to the user settings; and provide information to the journey planning application explaining benefits of the sharing of the user data. A mobile computing device receives responses to a set of questions unrelated to sharing of user data for determining settings, identifies user settings defining the sharing of user data consistent with data indicative of user settings of users who answered the questions in the same manner, and displays terms of service for the sharing of user data based on the user settings.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a processor programmed to execute an application to;

receive responses to a set of questions for determining settings for sharing of user data,

identify user settings defining the sharing of user data consistent with data indicative user settings of users who answered the questions in the same manner,

display terms of service for the sharing of user data based on the user settings, and

display a check-in interface responsive passage of a predefined time period after which the application is programmed to provide a status update to the user, the check-in interface including a snapshot of benefits that were achieved through the sharing of user data, wherein the predefined time period is thirty days.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the questions are unrelated to the sharing of user data.

3. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the questions explicitly request sharing of one or more elements of user data.

4. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the benefits include time saved or cost saved through the sharing of user data in accordance with the user settings.

5. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to:

display a listing of available benefits, each benefit listing one or more advantages available if an element of user data is shared,

receive a selection of one or more of the available benefits,

add the selected available benefits to a listing of chosen benefits; and

update the user settings to share the elements of user data included in the benefits of the listing of chosen benefits.

6. The A computing device comprising:

a processor programmed to execute an application to;

receive responses to a set of questions for determining settings for sharing of user data,

identify user settings defining the sharing of user data consistent with data indicative user settings of who answered the questions in the same manner,

display terms of service for the sharing of user data based on the user settings,

display a listing of modes, each mode corresponding to a profile of user settings, the modes including a personal mode in which the computing device is being used for personal purposes, a professional mode in which the computing device is being used for work purposes, a family mode in which the computing device is being used for family purposes with kids or other family members present, and a social mode in which the computing device is being used for personal purposes with friends present;

receive a selection of one of the modes; and

transition to use of the profile of user settings for the selected mode,

wherein the personal mode and the family mode specify user settings that associate a personal credit card use during transactions with third party services accessing user data, while the professional mode specifies user settings that associate a work credit dard for use during transactions.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions of an application that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

determine user settings for sharing of user data for a user account;

display, responsive to passage of a predefined time period, a check-in interface to provide a status update including a snapshot of benefits that were achieved through the sharing of user data;

explain additional benefits available were the user setting to further allow for sharing of additional user data;

display a listing of modes, each mode corresponding to a profile of user settings, the modes including a personal mode in which the mobile device is being used for personal purposes, a professional mode in which the mobile device is being used for work purposes, a family mode in which the mobile device is being used for family purposes with kids or other family members present, and a social mode in which the mobile device is being used for personal purposes with friends present;

receive a selection of one of the modes; and

transition to use of the profile of user settings for the selected mode,

wherein the personal mode and the family mode specify user settings that associate a personal credit card for use during transactions with third party services accessing user data, while the professional mode specifies user settings that associate a work credit card for use during transactions.

8. The medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

receive responses to a set of questions unrelated to sharing of user data; and

determine the user settings consistent with data indicative of user settings of users who answered the questions in the same manner.

9. The medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

display a listing of available benefits, each benefit listing one or more advantages available if an element of user data is shared,

receive a selection of one or more of the available benefits,

add the selected available benefits to a listing of chosen benefits; and

update the user settings to share the elements of user data included in the benefits of the listing of chosen benefits.

10. The medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

scan the mobile device for installed applications that match to a list of applications having application settings related to the user settings;

display the matching installed applications;

receive a selection of at least a subset of the matching installed applications; and

update the user settings according to application settings of the matching installed applications that are selected.