SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SECURITY AND/OR PRIVACY SETTINGS

• US 20100306834A1
• Filed: 05/19/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Terzi, Evimaria, Maximilien, Eugene Michael, Liu, Kun, Grandison, Tyrone W.A.
• Application Number:
  US12/468,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20100306834A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing security and/or privacy settings are described. In one embodiment, the method may include communicably coupling a first client to a second client. The method may further include propagating a portion of a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client from the first client to the second client. The method may also include, upon receiving at the second client the portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client, incorporating the received portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client into a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing security and/or privacy settings, comprising:

communicably coupling a first client to a second client;

propagating a portion of a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client from the first client to the second client; and

upon receiving at the second client the portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client, incorporating the received portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client into a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first client and the second client are profiles on a social network.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein:

the first client is a profile on a first social network; and

the second client is a profile on a second social network.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client to the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client; and

determining from the comparison the portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings to be propagated to the second client.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicably coupling a plurality of clients with the second client;

comparing the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client to a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for each of the plurality of clients;

determining from the comparison which security and/or privacy settings for the plurality of clients are to be incorporated into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client;

propagating to the second client the security and/or privacy settings to be incorporated; and

upon receiving at the second client the security and/or privacy settings to be incorporated, incorporating the received security and/or privacy settings into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of clients and the second client are a plurality of profiles on a social network that form a social graph for the second client.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein comparing the plurality of security and/or privacy settings comprises computing a privacy risk score of a first client.

8. A system for managing security and/or privacy settings, comprising:

a coupling module configured to communicably couple a first client to a second client;

a propagation module configured to propagate a portion of a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client from the first client to the second client; and

an integration module configured to incorporate the received portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client into a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client upon receiving at the second client the portion of security and/or privacy settings from the first client.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first client and the second client are profiles on a social network.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the first client is a profile on a first social network; and

the second client is a profile on a second social network.

11. The system of claim 8, further comprising a comparison module configured to:

compare the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client to the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client; and

determine from the comparison the portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client to be propagated to the second client.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the coupling module is further configured to communicably couple a plurality of clients with the second client;

the comparison module is further configured to;

compare the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client to a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for each of the plurality of clients; and

determine from the comparison which security and/or privacy settings for the plurality of clients are to be incorporated into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client;

the propagation module is further configured to propagate to the second client the security and/or privacy settings to be incorporated into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client; and

the integration module is further configured to incorporate the received security and/or privacy settings into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client upon receiving at the second client the security and/or privacy settings to be incorporated.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of clients and the second client are a plurality of profiles on a social network that form a social graph for the second client.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein a privacy risk score is computed for a first client during comparison of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage medium to store a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:

communicably coupling a first client to a second client;

propagating a portion of a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client from the first client to the second client; and

upon receiving at the second client the portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client, incorporating the received portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client into a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first client and the second client are profiles on a social network.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein:

the first client is a profile on a first social network; and

the second client is a profile on a second social network.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable program causes the computer to perform operations further comprising:

comparing the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the first client to the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client; and

determining from the comparison the portion of the plurality of security and/or privacy settings to be propagated to the second client.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable program causes the computer to perform operations further comprising:

communicably coupling a plurality of clients with the second client;

comparing the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client to a plurality of security and/or privacy settings for each of the plurality of clients;

determining from the comparison which security and/or privacy settings for the plurality of clients are to be incorporated into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client;

propagating to the second client the security and/or privacy settings to be incorporated; and

upon receiving at the second client the security and/or privacy settings to be incorporated, incorporating the received security and/or privacy settings into the plurality of security and/or privacy settings for the second client.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the plurality of clients and the second client are a plurality of profiles on a social network that form a social graph for the second client.