Managing and accounting for privacy settings through tiered cookie set access
First Claim
1. A method for tiered management of privacy settings for a user of a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving input from the user of the computing device to define privacy tiers respectively corresponding to privacy levels;
automatically associating, by the computing device, cookies to respective privacy tiers, the cookies being resident on the computing device as a result of existing browsing activity of the computing device;
associating different sets of private information of the user to the respective privacy tiers; and
automatically managing additional browsing activity of the computing device using the cookies, the respective privacy tiers associated to the cookies, and the different sets of private information, wherein the associations of the cookies to the respective privacy tiers dictate provision of the different sets of private information to respective other parties in connection with the additional browsing activity, and wherein different values are automatically accorded to the user in exchange for the respective provision of the different sets of private information to the respective other parties.
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Abstract
Tiered management of privacy settings is disclosed. In one example, such management entails defining privacy tiers respectively corresponding to privacy levels. Cookies are then associated to the privacy tiers to accommodate the management of browsing activity according to the relevant tier. Additionally, different sets of private information are respectively associated to the privacy tiers. This provides for the management of browsing activity using the privacy tiers, the cookies and the different sets of private information. In this fashion, the association of a given cookie to a given privacy tier dictates a given set of private information to be provided to another party in connection with a given browsing activity.
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1. A method for tiered management of privacy settings for a user of a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving input from the user of the computing device to define privacy tiers respectively corresponding to privacy levels; automatically associating, by the computing device, cookies to respective privacy tiers, the cookies being resident on the computing device as a result of existing browsing activity of the computing device; associating different sets of private information of the user to the respective privacy tiers; and automatically managing additional browsing activity of the computing device using the cookies, the respective privacy tiers associated to the cookies, and the different sets of private information, wherein the associations of the cookies to the respective privacy tiers dictate provision of the different sets of private information to respective other parties in connection with the additional browsing activity, and wherein different values are automatically accorded to the user in exchange for the respective provision of the different sets of private information to the respective other parties. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code for tiered management of privacy settings for a user of a computing device, the program code comprising:
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instructions for receiving input from the user of the computing device for defining privacy tiers respectively corresponding to privacy levels; instructions for automatically associating, by the computing device, cookies to respective privacy tiers, the cookies being resident on the computing device as a result of existing browsing activity of the computing device; instructions for associating different sets of private information of the user to the respective privacy tiers; and instructions for automatically managing additional browsing activity of the computing device using the cookies, the respective privacy tiers associated to the cookies, and the different sets of private information, wherein the associations of the cookies to the respective privacy tiers dictate provision of the different sets of private information to respective other parties in connection with the additional browsing activity, and wherein different values are automatically accorded to the user in exchange for the respective provision of the different sets of private information to the respective other parties. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for tiered management of privacy settings, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory, the memory storing program code executable by the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving input from the user of the computing device to define privacy tiers respectively corresponding to privacy levels; automatically associating, by the computing device, cookies to respective privacy tiers, the cookies being resident on the computing device as a result of existing browsing activity of the computing device; associating different sets of private information of the user to the respective privacy tiers; and automatically managing additional browsing activity of the computing device using the cookies, the respective privacy tiers associated to the cookies, and the different sets of private information, wherein the associations of the cookies to the respective privacy tiers dictate provision of the different sets of private information to respective other parties in connection with the additional browsing activity, and wherein different values are automatically accorded to the user in exchange for the respective provision of the different sets of private information to the respective other parties. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- a processor; and
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