Privacy preferences roaming and enforcement
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1. A method for propagating a user'"'"'s privacy preferences from a service to a browser comprising the steps of:
- a user signing up a service provider via a browser that does not have any privacy preferences;
said service provider returning a set of default privacy preferences to said browser;
said user accessing a service consumer site that is communicatively coupled to said service provider;
said service provider sending the user via said service consumer site a user permission prompt for response;
said user returning a permission response and responsive to said returned response, said service consumer site sending an indicator of said user'"'"'s permission response to said service provider;
responsive to said user'"'"'s permission response, said user modifying a copy of said set of default privacy preferences on said service provider; and
said service provider returning via said service consumer site said modified privacy preferences to said browser as a response such that said user has a single set of privacy preferences and such that said browser is updated with the modified privacy preferences;
wherein said user'"'"'s modified privacy preferences are enforced based on said service consumer'"'"'s site'"'"'s privacy policies by said service consumer site sending a service request to said service provider, and said service provider evaluating the user'"'"'s modified privacy preferences against said service consumer site'"'"'s privacy policies to determine whether said service request is allowed or not allowed.
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Abstract
The invention comprises a system and method for management of Web users'"'"' privacy preferences. In the distributed system, a Web user has a single set of privacy preferences. The single set of privacy preferences and any of its modifications are propagated among Web browsers and Web services. The user'"'"'s own privacy preferences are enforced at Web services based on the requester'"'"'s privacy policies.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for propagating a user'"'"'s privacy preferences from a service to a browser comprising the steps of:
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a user signing up a service provider via a browser that does not have any privacy preferences; said service provider returning a set of default privacy preferences to said browser; said user accessing a service consumer site that is communicatively coupled to said service provider; said service provider sending the user via said service consumer site a user permission prompt for response; said user returning a permission response and responsive to said returned response, said service consumer site sending an indicator of said user'"'"'s permission response to said service provider; responsive to said user'"'"'s permission response, said user modifying a copy of said set of default privacy preferences on said service provider; and said service provider returning via said service consumer site said modified privacy preferences to said browser as a response such that said user has a single set of privacy preferences and such that said browser is updated with the modified privacy preferences; wherein said user'"'"'s modified privacy preferences are enforced based on said service consumer'"'"'s site'"'"'s privacy policies by said service consumer site sending a service request to said service provider, and said service provider evaluating the user'"'"'s modified privacy preferences against said service consumer site'"'"'s privacy policies to determine whether said service request is allowed or not allowed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for propagating a user'"'"'s privacy preferences from Web service to Web browser, comprising:
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signing up means for a user signing up a service provider via a browser without P3P privacy preferences; returning means for said service provider returning a set of default privacy preferences to said browser; said service provider sending the user via a reguestor'"'"'s site a user permission prompt for a response and receiving an indicator of a permission response of said user from said reciuestor'"'"'s site; modifying means for said user modifying a copy of said set of default privacy preferences on said service provider; said service provider returning said modified privacy preferences to said browser as an http response such that said user has a single set of privacy preferences and such that said browser is updated with the modified privacy preferences; and wherein said user'"'"'s modified privacy preferences are enforced based on said requestor'"'"'s site'"'"'s privacy policies by said requestor'"'"'s site sending a service reciuest to said service provider, and said service provider evaluating the user'"'"'s modified privacy preferences against said requestor'"'"'s site'"'"'s privacy policies to determine whether said service request is allowed or not allowed. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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