Patent ID: 9369471
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling access to data items in a default network computing system, the method comprising: receiving, from a client device of a requesting user profile of the default network computing system, a request for display of a data item uploaded by an author user profile, the author user profile associated with a plurality of attributes and a default network comprising user profiles selected for inclusion in the default network in response to the user profiles being associated with default network attributes including industry practice area and account type; retrieving, from the default network computing system, a privacy setting specifying a visibility level of the requested data item for user profiles in the default network; retrieving, through the default network computing system, one or more user profile groups associated with the requesting user profile, the one or more user profile groups including the default network; determining, through the default network computing system, an access level for the requesting user profile based on the visibility level specified in the retrieved privacy setting for user profiles in the default network; redacting, through the default network computing system, the requested data item as specified by the determined access level; and providing the redacted data item for display by the client device of the requesting user profile of the default network computing system.