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Dynamically generating a privacy summary

  • US 8,225,376 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2006
  • Issued: 07/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing a profile for a user stored in an electronic database;

    presenting a first user interface to the user;

    receiving a plurality of privacy setting selections provided by the user using the first user interface, wherein the privacy settings selections identify, for each of a plurality of different categories of information associated with the user, one or more other users who can access that category of information;

    updating the profile associated with the user to incorporate the plurality of privacy setting selections;

    generating, by a processor, a narrative explanation of which other users can access which categories of information based on the privacy settings selections, wherein generating the narrative explanation comprises, for one or more of the privacy settings selections, selecting a narrative explanation template based on the privacy settings selection, wherein the narrative explanation template comprises text that identifies a group of other users who can access a category of information about the user profile based on the privacy settings selection; and

    providing the narrative explanation to the user associated with the profile in a second user interface after receiving the privacy setting selections provided using the first user interface.

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