Patent ID: 9350599
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method to enable a first user to control access to user information, comprising: determining, based on a user-defined rule, that a first triggering event associated with a first action, the first triggering event comprising a specified amount of time elapsing after a first login to an account of the first user without a second login to the account of the first user, during which the first user does not respond to an online status inquiry after the first login to the account, has occurred, and that a second triggering event is associated with a second action, wherein the user-defined rule is associated with an account that belongs to the first user, the user-defined rule comprises the first action to be performed based on the first triggering event, and the user-defined rule is generated by the first user prior to the online status inquiry; performing the first action based on the first triggering event, the first action comprising providing a second user with online access to user information associated with the account of the first user, the second user not having online access to the user information associated with the account of the first user prior to the providing the second user with the online access to the first user information, wherein the second user is determined by the first user prior to the first triggering event, without informing and without providing the second user with the online access prior to the first triggering event, and wherein the user information comprises user data selected by the first user from one or more categories of online user data; and performing the second action based on a second determination that the first triggering event and the second triggering event have occurred, wherein the second action comprises deleting the account of the first user.