Patent ID: 9471945
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining a legal jurisdiction associated with a user of an online service; causing, by at least one processor, a settings page corresponding to settings of the user on the online service to be displayed on a device, the settings page comprising selectable category setting options for a setting category, the setting category having a plurality of subcategories, and each subcategory having its own selectable subcategory setting options, each one of the category setting options corresponding to its own distinct configuration of subcategory setting options for its subcategories, each subcategory setting option for each of the plurality of subcategories being displayed and available for selection across all configurations of the category setting options, one of the selectable category setting options being preselected for the user based on the legal jurisdiction associated with the user, the selectable category setting options being selectable by the user; receiving a user input indicating a selection of one of the category setting options for the setting category; applying the configuration of subcategory setting options corresponding to the selected one of the category setting options for the setting category to the user's settings on the online service; and determining a configuration of subcategory setting options to be assigned to one of the category setting options based on configurations of corresponding subcategory setting options for other users of the online service.