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Systems and methods for managing access-control settings

  • US 8,949,720 B1
  • Filed: 05/09/2011
  • Issued: 02/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing access-control settings, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

  • displaying, via a graphical user interface, a representation of an online resource by;

    identifying usage information that indicates how frequently a user accesses the online resource;

    using the usage information to select an initial size of the representation of the online resource; and

    displaying the representation of the online resource such that the initial size of the representation of the online resource corresponds to how frequently the user accesses the online resource, wherein the representation of the online resource comprises an icon;

    receiving input that resizes, along a y-axis, the representation of the online resource from the initial size to a new size, wherein the y-axis represents a usage limit of the online resource during a time period represented by an x-axis;

    detecting the new size of the representation of the online resource; and

    modifying an access-control setting to establish an updated access-control setting that corresponds to the new size of the representation of the online resource,wherein;

    receiving the input that resizes the representation of the online resource from the initial size to the new size comprises receiving input that reduces a height of the representation of the online resource;

    modifying the access-control setting to establish the updated access-control setting comprises reducing access to the online resource when receiving the input that reduces the height of the representation of the online resource; and

    reducing the access to the online resource comprises reducing a frequency with which the user is allowed to access the online resource.

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