Systems and methods for enabling dialog amongst different participant groups with variable and association-based privacy
First Claim
1. A method for publication of user-contributed content by a network-connected computing system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a contributing user via a data communications network, a content contribution comprising user-contributed content;
identifying personal information associated with the content contribution;
publishing via the data communications network, only to a trusted group of users comprising the content-contribution author and at least one other user, both (a) a trusted view of the content contribution that is inclusive of the personal information, and (b) a second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information; and
publishing via the data communications network, to one or more users other than the trusted group, only the second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information.
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Abstract
A network-connected communication system is provided, via which individuals may engage in dialog with one or more dialog members. Differing views of the dialog may be presented to different individuals, based on the viewer'"'"'s association with the dialog and/or variable privacy settings associated with the dialog. Dialogs may be initiated as private conversations, with members electing to make available views of the conversation to individuals other than the dialog members. Tools, such as redaction tools, may be provided for dialog participants to control availability of dialog content outside of dialog members. A dialog display user interface may be provided to dialog members, which includes a toggle permitting members to toggle between public and private dialog views, thereby highlighting differences in how a dialog is rendered to different audiences. Association-based and variable privacy may also be implemented in connection with online forums and restricted access communities. Such privacy-enabling systems may integrate to receive dialog content from another messaging system, and/or to disseminate privacy-conscious views of dialogs to external systems such as messaging platforms, social networks and search engines.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for publication of user-contributed content by a network-connected computing system, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a contributing user via a data communications network, a content contribution comprising user-contributed content; identifying personal information associated with the content contribution; publishing via the data communications network, only to a trusted group of users comprising the content-contribution author and at least one other user, both (a) a trusted view of the content contribution that is inclusive of the personal information, and (b) a second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information; and publishing via the data communications network, to one or more users other than the trusted group, only the second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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- 3. The method of claim I, in which the trusted view of the content contribution comprises visual cues denoting portions of the content contribution corresponding to the personal information.
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28. A method for publication of a social media posting comprising user-contributed content by a network-connected computing system, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a contributing user via a data communications network, a content contribution comprising user-contributed content; identifying personal information associated with the content contribution; publishing via the data communications network, only to a trusted group of users comprising at least one user other than the contributing user, both (a) a trusted view of the content contribution that is inclusive of the personal information, and (b) a second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information; and publishing via the data communications network, to one or more users other than the trusted group, only the second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for publication of user-contributed content by a network-connected computing system, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a contributing user via a data communications network, a content contribution comprising user-contributed content; identifying personal information associated with the content contribution; publishing via the data communications network, only to a trusted group of users comprising the content contribution author and at least one other user, a trusted via of the content contribution that is inclusive of the personal information, wherein the trusted view is displayed to at least the content contribution author with visual cues denoting portions of the content contribution corresponding to the personal information; and publishing via the data communications network, to one or more users other than the trusted group, only a second view of the content contribution that excludes the personal information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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