Instant Messages with Privacy Notices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving an instant message, wherein the instant message comprises data and a privacy indication;
presenting the data if the privacy indication specifies that the data is non-private; and
presenting a privacy notice and hiding the data if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an instant message is received that includes data, a privacy indication, and an override indication. In an embodiment, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is non-private, then the data is presented. But, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private, then a privacy notice is presented and the data is hidden until an acknowledgment of the privacy notice is received. The privacy notice may include a prompt for the acknowledgment. In an embodiment, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private and the override indication allows the privacy indication to be overridden, the data is presented. In another embodiment, if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private, the override indication allows the privacy indication to be overridden, and a time period since a user interface device received input is less than a threshold amount of time, then the data is presented.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an instant message, wherein the instant message comprises data and a privacy indication; presenting the data if the privacy indication specifies that the data is non-private; and presenting a privacy notice and hiding the data if the privacy indication specifies that the data is private. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A signal-bearing medium encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions when executed comprise:
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receiving an instant message, wherein the instant message comprises data, a privacy indication that specifies whether the data is private, and an override indication that specifies whether the privacy indication is allowed to be overridden; determining whether to present a privacy notice based on the privacy indication and the override indication; presenting the data if the determining decides not to present the privacy notice; and presenting the privacy notice instead of the data until an acknowledgment of the privacy notice is received if the determining decides to present the privacy notice. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A client device comprising:
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a processor; and memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions that when executed on the processor comprise; receiving an instant message, wherein the instant message comprises data, a privacy indication that specifies whether the data is private, and an override indication that specifies whether the privacy indication is allowed to be overridden, determining whether to present a privacy notice based on the privacy indication and the override indication, presenting the data if the determining decides not to present the privacy notice, and presenting the privacy notice instead of the data until an acknowledgment of the privacy notice is received if the determining decides to present the privacy notice. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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