Appeal 2007-1417
Application 09/877,536
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants' invention relates to an interface for real-time feedback of
policy views in a privacy policy editor. (Specification 1:10-12.) In the
words of the Appellants:
The present invention provides a graphical
user interface tool to help users design privacy
policies. The interface allows the user to group,
manipulate, and describe the data used by a Web
site. A data elements portion of the interface
allows the user to view predefined data elements
and to create additional data elements. The
properties of the data elements may be viewed and
modified. The data elements are displayed
according to the hierarchical schema defined by
the P3P [Platform for Privacy Preferences]
specification. A groups portion of the interface
allows the user to create groups of data elements
that share common properties, such as how the
recipient will use the data. A group may be
populated with instances of data elements from the
data elements portion of the interface. A policy
portion of the interface displays descriptions of the
policy in several forms. Statements in the policy
are formed from the groups in the groups portion
of the interface. The policy may be generated
dynamically each time a group is created or a data
element is added to a group or modified. A P3P
policy may also contain global information, such
as the name and address of the organization
posting the policy. This information is presented
and edited through a policy properties dialog.
(Specification 3:3-25.)
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