Patent ID: 9313210
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for automated suggestions of privacy level settings for a new connection in a social network, the method comprising: receiving a new social media connection for an end user of a social network; identifying mutual social media connections between the new social media connection and the end user of the social network; displaying in a display of a computer a suggested social media privacy setting for a selected social media privacy setting of the new social media connection based upon a comparison of privacy settings already established for individual ones of the identified mutual social media connections to privacy settings for connections of the end user listed in different privacy level groups; establishing the suggested social media privacy setting for the selected social media privacy setting of the new social media connection in the social network; determining if additional social media privacy settings remain to be processed for the new social media connection; and, repeating the displaying and establishing for each remaining social media privacy setting for the new social media connection.