Privacy protection method and apparatus for social network, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12580923-B2
Application number	US-202418624440-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2024
Priority date	May 13, 2022
Publication date	Mar 17, 2026
Grant date	Mar 17, 2026

Abstract

A privacy protection method performed by an electronic device includes displaying, in response to a configuration operation with respect to an information sharing permission for a social network, a configuration result of the information sharing permission, and displaying target information in response to a trigger operation for transmitting the target information, including displaying the target information in a first display mode in response to the configuration result representing that the target information is configured with the information sharing permission, and displaying the target information in a second display mode different from the first display mode in response to the configuration result representing that the target information is not configured with the information sharing permission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A privacy protection method, performed by an electronic device, comprising:
displaying, in response to a configuration operation with respect to an information sharing permission for a social network, a configuration result of the information sharing permission; and displaying target information in response to a trigger operation for transmitting the target information, including:
displaying the target information in a first display mode in response to the configuration result representing that the target information is configured with the information sharing permission, the first display mode indicating that an information re-sharing operation by a recipient of the target information on the target information is restricted according to the information sharing permission, the information re-sharing operation comprising at least one of a forwarding operation, an add-to-favorites operation, a saving operation, a sharing link generation operation, a two-dimensional code generation operation, or a screenshot operation; and
displaying the target information in a second display mode different from the first display mode in response to the configuration result representing that the target information is not configured with the information sharing permission, the second display mode indicating that the information re-sharing operation by the recipient of the target information on the target information is not restricted.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying, in response to the configuration operation with respect to the information sharing permission for the social network, the configuration result of the information sharing permission includes:
displaying an address book interface, the address book interface including an address book of a target object transmitting the target information; displaying at least one object in a selected state in response to a selection operation with respect to the address book; in response to a configuration operation with respect to an information sharing permission for the at least one object, displaying, in the address book, a configuration result of the information sharing permission corresponding to the at least one object.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein, in response to a configuration operation for an information sharing permission for the at least one object, displaying, in the address book, the configuration result of the information sharing permission corresponding to the at least one object includes:
displaying a permission switch control, the permission switch control including permission switches corresponding to a plurality of information types, respectively; and in response to a configuration operation of switching off a permission switch corresponding to one information type of the plurality of information types, for each object of the at least one object:
displaying an information type identifier of the first information type in a region corresponding to the object in the address book, to represent that the object does not have the information sharing permission for the one information type.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein displaying, in the address book, the configuration result of the information sharing permission corresponding to the at least one object includes, for each object of the at least one object:
displaying an information type identifier of each of a plurality of information types in a region corresponding to the object in the address book, to represent that the object does not have the information sharing permission for all of the plurality of information types.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein:
the address book includes at least one of an object list, an object group list, or a group chat group list; and displaying the at least one object in the selected state in response to the selection operation for the address book includes:
displaying the at least one object in the selected state in response to a selection operation for the object list;
displaying, in response to a viewing operation for one object group in the object group list, a plurality of objects in the one object group, and displaying, in response to a selection operation for the at least one object in the one object group, the at least one object in the selected state; and
displaying, in response to a viewing operation for one group chat group in the group chat group list, a plurality of group chats in the one group chat group, and displaying, in response to a selection operation for at least one group chat in the one group chat group, the at least one group chat in a selected state, each group chat including a plurality of objects.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein an effect-taking moment of the information sharing permission includes at least one of:
a change moment, at which the information sharing permission is generated or updated according to the configuration operation; or a specified moment later than the change moment.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying, in response to the configuration operation with respect to the information sharing permission for the social network, the configuration result of the information sharing permission includes:
displaying a setting interface of a social object, the setting interface including one or more dimensions for configuring the information sharing permission, the social object having a social relationship with a target object of the target information, and the one or more dimensions including at least one of an information type or a time period; and displaying, in response to a configuration operation based on at least one dimension of the one or more dimensions, a configuration result of the information sharing permission corresponding to the at least one dimension, the configuration result recording at least one of:
information indicating that the social object does not have the information sharing permission for the information type, or
information indicating that the social object is prohibited from using the information sharing permission in the time period.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein:
the at least one dimension includes the information type; and displaying, in response to the configuration operation based on the at least one dimension, the configuration result of the information sharing permission corresponding to the at least one dimension includes:
displaying a permission switch control, the permission switch control including permission switches corresponding to a plurality of information types, respectively; and
displaying, in response to a configuration operation of switching off one of the permission switches that corresponds to one information type of the plurality of information types, an information type identifier of the one information type in the setting interface of the social object, to represent that the social object does not have the information sharing permission for the one information type.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying, in response to the configuration operation with respect to the information sharing permission for the social network, the configuration result of the information sharing permission includes:
displaying a setting interface of a social group to which a target object belongs, the target object being an object transmitting the target information, the setting interface including one or more dimensions for configuring the information sharing permission, the one or more dimensions including at least one of an information type, an identity, or a time period; and displaying, in response to a configuration operation based on at

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• He Fen
• Yong Yaxin

Classifications

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04L63/04 Primary

  for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks · CPC title

• H04L63/104 Primary

  Grouping of entities · CPC title

• H04W12/02

  Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] · CPC title