Patent ID: 9224009
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, using one or more processors, privacy settings information including one or more of the user's privacy settings from a plurality of applications, a privacy setting determining an availability of at least one feature of the user to other users; generating, using the one or more processors, a template based on privacy settings received from a user, the received privacy setting information, the template including a plurality of levels of privacy protection, at least one level of privacy protection having a first privacy setting for a first feature and a second privacy setting for a second feature; receiving, using the one or more processors, a first selection of a level of privacy protection from the user for the first feature of a first application and a second selection of a level of privacy protection from the user for the second feature of a second application; and applying, using the one or more processors, a first adjustment to a privacy setting for the first feature of the first application using the template based upon the first selection and a second adjustment to a privacy setting for the second feature of the second application using the template based upon the second selection, the privacy setting for the first feature determining an availability of the first feature to other users, and the privacy setting for the second feature determining an availability of the second feature to other users.