Patent ID: 9542564
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a change to a privacy setting of at least a portion of user information in a profile of a user stored at a server, the change received from a second user different from the user, the second user having privileges to modify the privacy settings associated with the profile such that the privacy setting is not overridden by the user associated with the profile, the privacy setting defining rights of one or more third parties to view an item included in the profile of the user; receiving a request at the server, from a requester, to view user information on a user's personal site associated with the user; determining a relationship between the requester and the user; and providing from the server the item of user information to the requester based on the requester's relationship to the user and the privacy setting.