Patent ID: 9294912
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for selectively regulating transmission of information from a mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system, the method comprising: configuring a privacy policy at a third-party privacy compliance system for each of a plurality of mobile application vendors' software installation cohorts, wherein each respective privacy policy comprises one or more rules for regulating transmission of information collected by the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system, the third-party privacy compliance system being a third party system with respect to each of the plurality of mobile application vendors and each privacy policy is mapped to a respective identifier, each respective identifier common to a plurality of mobile devices of a software installation cohort; providing instrumentation instructions for integration with a mobile application and operation by a mobile device, wherein the instrumentation instructions comprise instructions for: receiving the privacy policy request at the third-party privacy compliance system from the mobile device, the privacy policy request comprising an identifier of a mobile application's software installation cohort; selecting the privacy policy at the third-party privacy compliance system based on the received identifier; and sending the privacy policy from the third-party privacy compliance system to the mobile device for implementation.