Systems and methods for dynamically generating a privacy summary
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving information content from a user of a social networking system posted to a user profile;
receiving, from the user via a privacy selection interface, a plurality of privacy selections from a set of privacy selections, each of one or more of the received privacy selections identifying a set of other users who can access the posted information content;
updating the user profile to incorporate the received privacy selections for the posted information content;
generating, by a processor, a narrative summary of the sets of other users identified by the received privacy selections that can access the posted information content, the narrative summary comprising a text statement that identifies the sets of users who can access the information content based on the privacy selections, wherein the received privacy selections contain fewer than all of the set of privacy selections; and
displaying the generated narrative summary to the user in a privacy summary interface associated with the posted information content, the privacy summary interface separate from the privacy selection interface.
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Abstract
A system and method for is provided. The present invention provides a system and method for dynamically generating a privacy summary. A profile for a user is created. One or more privacy setting selections are received from the user associated with the profile. The profile associated with the user is updated to incorporate the one or more privacy setting selections. A privacy summary is then generated for the profile based on the one or more privacy setting selections.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving information content from a user of a social networking system posted to a user profile; receiving, from the user via a privacy selection interface, a plurality of privacy selections from a set of privacy selections, each of one or more of the received privacy selections identifying a set of other users who can access the posted information content; updating the user profile to incorporate the received privacy selections for the posted information content; generating, by a processor, a narrative summary of the sets of other users identified by the received privacy selections that can access the posted information content, the narrative summary comprising a text statement that identifies the sets of users who can access the information content based on the privacy selections, wherein the received privacy selections contain fewer than all of the set of privacy selections; and displaying the generated narrative summary to the user in a privacy summary interface associated with the posted information content, the privacy summary interface separate from the privacy selection interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the system to; receive information content from a user of a social networking system posted to a user profile; receive from the user via a privacy selection interface, a plurality of privacy selections from a set of privacy selections, each of one or more of the received privacy selections identifying a set of other users who can access the posted information content; update the user profile to incorporate the received privacy selections for the posted information content; generate, by a processor, a narrative summary of the sets of other users identified by the received privacy selections that can access the posted information content, the narrative summary comprising a text statement that identifies the sets of users who can access the information content based on the privacy selections, wherein the received privacy selections contain fewer than all of the set of privacy selections; and display the generated narrative summary to the user in a privacy summary interface associated with the posted information content, the privacy summary interface separate from the privacy selection interface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer program embodied on a computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon instructions for dynamically generating a privacy summary comprising:
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receiving information content from a user of a social networking system posted to a user profile; receiving, from the user via a privacy selection interface, a plurality of privacy selections from a set of privacy selections, each of one or more of the received privacy selections identifying a set of other users who can access the posted information content; updating the user profile to incorporate the received privacy selections for the posted information content; generating, by a processor, a narrative summary of the sets of other users identified by the received privacy selections that can access the posted information content, the narrative summary comprising a text statement that identifies the sets of users who can access the information content based on the privacy selections, wherein the received privacy selections contain fewer than all of the set of privacy selections; and displaying the generated narrative summary to the user in a privacy summary interface associated with the posted information content, the privacy summary interface separate from the privacy selection interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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