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Granted Patent B2
US 9,542,564 · App. 14/171,443 · Granted Jan 10, 2017

Personal site privacy policy

Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mattox, Jr. (Bellevue, WA); Venkatesh Veeraraghavan (Seattle, WA); Bryant Fong (Kirkland, WA); Shunri Guo (Sammamish, WA); James C. Hilke (Redmond, WA); Rachel A. Elfenbein (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
G06F21/62G06F21/6218G06F21/6245H04L63/10H04L63/101H04L63/102H04L63/105G06F2221/2113G06F2221/2141
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,542,564
App. No.
14/171,443
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A request, from a requester, is received to view user information on a user's personal site associated with a user. A relationship is determined between the requester and the user. User information is provided to the requester based on the requester's relationship to the user.

Claims (25)

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.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second user comprises an administrator.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second user comprises human resources personnel.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising disabling the ability of the user to change a privacy setting of at least a portion of the user information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user information comprises contact information associated with the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the requester and the user are colleagues.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the requester and the user are members of a common group.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a management page useable by the second user to change a privacy setting of the user information in the profile of the user.

9. A system comprising:

a server computing system including one or more computer readable media having stored computer readable instructions that, when executed by the server computing system, perform operations comprising:

receiving a change to a privacy setting of at least a portion of user information in a profile of a user stored at the server computing system, 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 computing system, 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.

10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a computing system communicatively connected to the server computing system and useable by the second user to transmit the change to the privacy setting to the server computing system.

11. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a second computing system communicatively connected to the server computing system and useable by the requester to transmit the request to the server computing system.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user information comprises contact information associated with the user.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the requester and the user are colleagues.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the requester and the user are members of a common group.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second user comprises an administrator.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the second user comprises human resources personnel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2015
From: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 039025/0454 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11565432 · Nov 30, 2006
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