US 12,386,983 B2
Data policies for online services
Arie Friedman, Lane Cove (AU); Hadas Bitran, Ramat Hasharon (IL); Uri Barash, Tel Mond (IL); Marc Davis, San Francisco, CA (US); and Oded Nahir, Hofit (IL)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/100,759.
Application 17/100,759 is a continuation of application No. 13/341,865, filed on Dec. 30, 2011, granted, now 10,853,505.
Prior Publication US 2021/0073399 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 21/604 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6263 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
obtaining user data for a user, the user data corresponding to multiple categories of data;
presenting, by way of a user interface at a client computing device of the user that is in network communication with the computing system, a grid comprising the multiple categories of data and user-selectable purposes, wherein a purpose of the user-selectable purposes is indicative of a usage restriction on a computer-implemented service with respect to data belonging to a category of the multiple categories of data;
for each category of data, receiving, by way of the user interface, a respective purpose selected by the user from amongst multiple selectable purposes wherein the usage restriction of the respective purpose applies to an act associated with the purpose;
applying the usage restrictions to the obtained user data that the computer-implemented service maintains for the user; and
enforcing the usage restrictions.