In-context control of feed privacy settings

• US 9,886,562 B1
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Quach, Daniel, Lewis, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholeman, Abu
• Application Number:
  US13/920,972
• Time in Patent Office: 1,694 Days
• Field of Search: 726 26, 726 27, 726 1, 726 2, 726 4, 726 15, 726 24, 726 25, 709224, 725 45, 725 46
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

Abstract

A feed privacy module receives an indication of the occurrence of an activity in a content sharing platform and creates a private feed item of a first feed item type corresponding to the occurrence of the activity. The feed privacy module requests input pertaining to a privacy setting selection for feed items of the first feed item type and receives the privacy setting selection. If the input pertaining to the privacy setting selection indicates a public setting for feed items of the first feed item type, the feed privacy module converts the private feed item to a public feed item.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, an indication of an occurrence of an activity in a content sharing platform, the occurrence of the activity corresponding to a feed item of a first feed item type;

requesting, by the processing device, user input via a user interface that simultaneously displays the feed item of the first feed item type and a privacy setting selection for the first feed item type, wherein the user input pertains to the privacy setting selection;

receiving, by the processing device, the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type while the user interface presents the feed item;

in response to receiving the privacy setting selection, updating, by the processing device, a privacy setting for multiple feed items comprising the feed item and a subsequent feed item of the first feed item type;

setting, by the processing device, the subsequent feed item of the first feed item type as public in response to determining the privacy setting indicates a public setting; and

maintaining, by the processing device, the subsequent feed item of the first feed item type as private in response to determining the privacy setting indicates a private setting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity comprises at least one of liking an object, subscribing to a content channel, publishing an object, or adding an object to a playlist.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type has been previously received.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in response to determining that the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type has been previously received, and that the user input pertaining to the privacy setting selection indicates a private setting for the first feed item type, determining that a threshold period of time has passed since the privacy setting selection was received.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

in response to determining that the threshold period of time has passed since the privacy setting selection was received, requesting an update to the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating, by the processing device, a private feed item of the first feed item type corresponding to the occurrence of the activity.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface links the occurrence of the activity corresponding to the feed item with a graphical element to control the privacy setting of a plurality of subsequent feed items of the first feed item type.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication of an occurrence of an activity in a content sharing platform, the occurrence of the activity corresponding to a feed item of a first feed item type;

requesting, user input via a user interface that simultaneously displays the feed item of the first feed item type and a privacy setting selection for the first feed item type, wherein the user input pertains to the privacy setting selection;

receiving the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type while the user interface presents the feed item;

in response to receiving the privacy setting selection, updating a privacy setting for multiple feed items comprising the feed item and a subsequent feed item of the first feed item type;

setting the subsequent feed item of the first feed item type as public in response to determining the privacy setting indicates a public setting; and

maintaining the subsequent feed item of the first feed item type as private in response to determining the privacy setting indicates a private setting.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the activity comprises at least one of liking an object, subscribing to a content channel, publishing an object, or adding an object to a playlist.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type has been previously received.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type has been previously received, and that the user input pertaining to the privacy setting selection indicates a private setting for the first feed item type, determining that a threshold period of time has passed since the privacy setting selection was received.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the threshold period of time has passed since the privacy setting selection was received, requesting an update to the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

creating, by the processing device, a private feed item of the first feed item type corresponding to the occurrence of the activity.

14. A server computer system comprising:

a memory;

a processing device coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to;

receive an indication of an occurrence of an activity in a content sharing platform, the occurrence of the activity corresponding to a feed item of a first feed item type;

request, user input via a user interface that simultaneously displays the feed item of the first feed item type and a privacy setting selection for the first feed item type, wherein the user input pertains to the privacy setting selection;

receive the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type while the user interface presents the feed item;

in response to receiving the privacy setting selection, update the privacy setting for multiple feed items comprising the feed item and a subsequent feed item of the first feed item type;

set the subsequent feed item of the first feed item type as public in response to determining the privacy setting indicates a public setting; and

maintain the subsequent feed item of the first feed item type as private in response to determining the privacy setting indicates a private setting.

15. The server computer system of claim 14, wherein the processing device is further to:

determine that the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type has been previously received.

16. The server computer system of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to:

determine that a threshold period of time has passed since the privacy setting selection was received in response to determining that the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type has been previously received, and that the user input pertaining to the privacy setting selection indicates a private setting for the first feed item type.

17. The server computer system of claim 16, wherein the processing device is further to:

request an update to the privacy setting selection for the first feed item type in response to determining that the threshold period of time has passed since the privacy setting selection was received.

18. The server computer system of claim 16, wherein the processing device is further to:

create a private feed item of the first feed item type corresponding to the occurrence of the activity.