Method for controlling contents and electronic device thereof

• US 10,630,688 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2018
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Okseon, Park, Yongseok, Lee, Jinho, Hong, Youngki
• Primary Examiner(s): Avery, Jeremiah L
• Application Number:
  US15/950,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20180234423A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for controlling contents and an electronic device thereof are provided. An operation method of an electronic device includes the operations of setting an access authority for one or more contents, if there is a request for an access of at least one application to the contents, resetting the access authority for the contents, and controlling the access by the application to the contents in accordance with the reset access authority of the application for the contents.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a storage;

a display; and

a processor coupled to the storage and the display, the processor configured to;

install one or more applications;

set access authorities of the one or more applications for accessing contents stored in the storage;

detect at least one application of the one or more applications to access the contents;

display, on the display, a message requesting changing the access authorities of the one or more applications for accessing the contents; and

change the access authorities of the one or more applications for accessing the contents.

2. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to designate the contents as an access authority management target in accordance with preset contents, or designate contents that a user selects as the access authority management target.

3. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to change the access authorities of the one or more applications, after the at least one application is installed or upon detecting that at least one application attempts to gain access to the contents designated by the processor.

4. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein, before the access authorities of the one or more applications is changed by the processor, the display displays a message requesting a user to update the access authorities of the one or more applications.

5. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein, when an access authority level of the at least one application is set as “

Block” and

the access by the at least one application is through a user input, the display displays a message notifying an access restriction to a user.

6. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether a request of the at least one application is made through a user input.

7. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein, when there is a request for access by the at least one application to the contents, the processor is further configured to control to display a screen notifying that the at least one application attempts to gain access to the contents.

8. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein, when the at least one application is first executed after being installed in the electronic device, the processor is further configured to control to display a screen notifying the at least one application attempts to gain access to the contents.

9. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein, when the contents are access-prohibited contents, the processor is further configured to control to set the access authorities of the one or more applications as an exception permitted to access the access-prohibited contents.

10. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein the storage comprises a storage region set in the storage depending on a characteristic of the contents to store the contents in the storage region.

11. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

install one or more applications;

setting access authorities of the one or more applications for accessing contents;

detecting at least one application of the one or more applications to access the contents;

displaying, on a display, a message requesting changing the access authorities of the one or more applications for accessing the contents; and

changing the access authorities of the one or more applications for accessing the contents.

12. The method of claim 11,

wherein setting the access authorities of the one or more applications comprises designating the contents as an access authority management target in accordance with preset contents, or designating contents that a user selects as the access authority management target.

13. The method of claim 11,

wherein the access authorities of the one or more applications are changed after the at least one application is installed or when the at least one application attempts to gain access to the designated contents.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising, when the access authorities have not been changed, displaying a message requesting a user to change the access authorities of the one or more applications.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising, when an access authority level of the at least one application is set as “

Block” and

the access by the at least one application is through a user input, displaying a message notifying an access restriction to a user.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising, when there is a request for access by the at least one application to the contents, displaying a screen notifying that the at least one application attempts to gain access to the contents.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising, when the at least one application is executed after being installed in the electronic device, displaying a screen notifying that the at least one application attempts to gain access to the contents.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising, when the contents are access-prohibited contents, controlling to set the access authorities of at least one application as an exception permitted to access the access-prohibited contents.

19. The method of claim 11,

further comprising,

setting, by the electronic device, a storage region in a storage depending on a characteristic of the contents, and

storing the contents in the storage region.