Patent ID: 9177163
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for disabling access to all data access-controlled by a first user, the method comprising: receiving a request from the first user to disable access to the data access-controlled by the first user based on at least one setting, wherein the data are shared with at least one other user and associated with a plurality of online accounts; in response to the request, modifying, without further action by the first user, the at least one setting by replacing a current value indicative of at least some of the data being shared, with a lockdown value indicative of disablement by restricting access to an access control list for all the data access-controlled by the first user for at least one of the plurality of online accounts, so as to prevent the at least one other user from accessing any of the data, wherein prior to the modifying, a snapshot is saved that comprises the current value being associated with the at least one setting prior to the disablement at a time of the request from the first user; and in response to the another request received from the first user to restore access to at least some of the data, reversing the at least one setting that was disabled by the disabling, based on the snapshot, and by using the snapshot, determining a prior value of the at least one setting at the time of the request from the first user, and setting the value of the at least one setting to the prior value, wherein the user is provided with an option to control which of the plurality of online accounts are disabled by the restricting, and wherein the option to control is independent of a number or a type of the online accounts.