Patent ID: 8646095
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: administratively changing a privacy setting of a portion of user information in a profile of a user stored at a server, the privacy setting editable by an administrator 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; presenting, to the user, a preview of the user's personal site as it would appear to a requester based on the user's selection of a relationship between the requester and the user, the user information in the preview defined at least in part by user-selectable privacy settings; 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.