Cross-Domain Privacy Management Service For Social Networking Sites
First Claim
1. Apparatus for providing privacy management services associated with one or more social networking sites of a user, in accordance with a communication system including a user platform operably connected to an application platform, the apparatus at the application platform comprising:
- a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to;
access one or more social networking sites of a user;
obtain from the one or more social networking sites, indicia of privacy settings of the user corresponding to the respective social networking sites;
display the privacy settings on a graphical user interface accessible to the user independent of the social networking sites.
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Abstract
A cross-domain privacy management service for social networking sites is implemented in a communication system including a user platform operably connected to an application platform. The application platform accesses one or more social networking sites on behalf of a user to obtain indicia of privacy settings of the user and displays the privacy settings via a graphical user interface accessible to the user independent of the social networking sites. The user may interact with graphical icons via the graphical user interface to change privacy settings of one or more impacted sites, and the user changes are communicated to the social networking sites via the application platform on behalf of the user.
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10 Claims
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1. Apparatus for providing privacy management services associated with one or more social networking sites of a user, in accordance with a communication system including a user platform operably connected to an application platform, the apparatus at the application platform comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to; access one or more social networking sites of a user; obtain from the one or more social networking sites, indicia of privacy settings of the user corresponding to the respective social networking sites; display the privacy settings on a graphical user interface accessible to the user independent of the social networking sites. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for providing privacy management services associated with one or more social networking sites of a user, in accordance with a communication system including a user platform operably connected to an application platform, the method comprising the application platform:
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obtaining from the one or more social networking sites, indicia of privacy settings of the user corresponding to the respective social networking sites; displaying the privacy settings on a graphical user interface accessible to the user independent of the social networking sites. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. Apparatus for providing privacy management services associated with one or more social networking sites of a user, in accordance with a communication system including a user platform operably connected to an application platform, the apparatus at the user platform comprising:
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a memory; a display comprising a graphical user interface; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and display and configured to; obtain from the application platform, indicia of privacy settings of the user corresponding to the respective social networking sites; display the privacy settings to the user via a graphical user interface; receive via the graphical user interface, indicia of one or more user changes to the privacy settings, the one or more user changes being associated with the privacy settings of at least one impacted site; and communicate the user changes to the at least one impacted site via the application platform.
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9. A method for providing privacy management services associated with one or more social networking sites of a user, in accordance with a communication system including a user platform operably connected to an application platform, the method comprising the user platform:
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obtaining from the application platform, indicia of privacy settings of the user corresponding to the respective social networking sites; displaying the privacy settings to the user via a graphical user interface; receiving via the graphical user interface, indicia of one or more user changes to the privacy settings, the one or more user changes being associated with the privacy settings of at least one impacted site; and communicating the user changes to the at least one impacted site via the application platform. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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