Patent ID: 9384357
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: storing, by a data processing device of a user device, a plurality of applications in non-transitory memory of the user device; determining, by the data processing device, a plurality of privacy indicators associated with the plurality of applications, each application having a global privacy indicator associated therewith indicating a default degree of privacy to be applied to the application that is based on collective privacy settings of previous users of the application, and at least one of the plurality of applications having a respective user privacy indicator associated therewith that indicates a user defined degree of privacy to be applied to the application, the user defined degree of privacy being provided by a user of the user device; storing the plurality of privacy indicators in the non-transitory memory in communication with the data processing device; receiving, by the data processing device, a request to publish information regarding a particular application of the plurality of applications; determining, by the data processing device, whether the particular application has a user privacy indicator associated therewith; when the particular application has an associated user privacy indicator, controlling publication of the information regarding the particular application in accordance with the user privacy indicator; and when the particular application does not have an associated user privacy indicator, controlling publication of the information regarding the particular application in accordance with the global privacy indicator associated with the particular application.