Patent ID: 8839384

Claim:
One or more computer memory storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for propagating and maintaining user privacy preferences across a plurality of applications, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of user identifications, each of the plurality of user identifications having an associated user privacy preference setting, wherein the associated user privacy preference setting is set by a user associated with each of the plurality of user identifications; determining that at least a first user identification and a second user identification of the plurality of user identifications relate to a particular user; determining that a first user privacy preference setting associated with the first user identification and a second user privacy preference setting associated with the second user identification, are not conflicting; creating a consolidated data stream of the first user privacy preference setting and the second user privacy preference setting; communicating the consolidated data stream to at least one application in a plurality of applications; and upon determining that the first user privacy preference setting and the second user privacy preference setting are not conflicting, propagating the consolidated data stream of the first user privacy preference setting and the second user privacy preference setting across the plurality of applications.