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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Sean Y. Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alex M. Cook, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Stephen Steiner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan S. Mcphie, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pavani Naishadh Diwanji, San Jose, CA (US);
David M. Cohen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sean Y. Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alex M. Cook, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Stephen Steiner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan S. McPhie, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pavani Naishadh Diwanji, San Jose, CA (US);
David M. Cohen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for adjusting privacy protection for a user in a plurality of applications is disclosed. A privacy protection request is sent to a user device. In one embodiment, the request is displayed on user device in the form of a pop-up window. In another embodiment, the request is displayed in a privacy settings area. The privacy protection request includes a plurality of protection levels. Once a protection level is selected the protection level is sent back and received by the system. Privacy settings are adjusted according to the selected privacy protection level based on information stored in a master template. In some embodiments, the privacy protection level is translated to associated privacy settings. Once the privacy settings have been adjusted, the privacy settings are applied to a plurality of online applications associated with the user based on the privacy protection level selected.