Personalized privacy assistant
US10956586B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/535
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method configures permission settings for applications (“apps”) running on a computing device of a user. A data center generates at least one model of collective privacy preferences. The computing device is in communication with the data center via a communications network. The computing device comprises a processor that execute at least a first app that requests access to at least one permission of the computing device and a personal privacy assistant app. The personal privacy assistant app receives the at least one model from the one or more servers of the data center; collects information about the user; identifies at least one recommended permission setting for the first app based on the at least one model and such that the recommended permission setting is user-specific; and configures the computing device to implement the received at least one user-specific recommended permission setting.
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