Method of Handling Malicious Application in Telco's Application Store System and Related Communication Device

• US 20120255008A1
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Ju-Ting, Tseng, Yin-Yeh
• Application Number:
  US13/433,291
• Publication Number:
  US 20120255008A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/23
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/14 for detecting or protecting against malicious traffic

Abstract

A method of handling a malicious application for a client of a service system is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a malicious application report message to a storefront of the service system when detecting a malicious application, for reporting the malicious application to the storefront; and receiving a malicious application response message in response to the malicious application report message, wherein the malicious application response message is transmitted by the storefront.

Claims

1. A method of handling a malicious application, for a client of a service system, the method comprising:

transmitting a malicious application report message to a storefront of the service system when detecting a malicious application, for reporting the malicious application to the storefront; and

receiving a malicious application response message in response to the malicious application report message, wherein the malicious application response message is transmitted by the storefront.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the malicious application report message comprises at least one of an identification of the client, an identification of the malicious application, a comment and a reporting time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the malicious application report message comprises the identification of the client, the identification of the malicious application, and the comment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the comment comprises a cause or a suggestion for transmitting the malicious application report message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the malicious application response message comprises a result.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the result comprises information of whether the storefront successfully receives the malicious application report message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the service system is a Telco'"'"'s Application Store (TAS) system developed by Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the client transmits the malicious application report message to the storefront via a TAS-2 interface, and receives the malicious application response message transmitted by the storefront via the TAS-2 interface.

9. A method of handling at least one malicious application, for a storefront of a service system, the service system comprising a client, the storefront and a developer support, the method comprising:

transmitting a malicious application notification message to the developer support when the at least one malicious application reported by the client is stored at the storefront, for reporting the at least one malicious application to the developer support; and

receiving a malicious application notification response message in response to the malicious application notification message, wherein the malicious application notification response message is transmitted by the developer support.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the malicious application notification message comprises the number of the at least one malicious application, at least one identification of the at least one malicious application and a comment.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the comment comprises a cause or a suggestion for transmitting the malicious application notification message.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the malicious application notification response message comprises a result.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the result comprises information of whether the developer support successfully receives the malicious application notification message.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the service system is a Telco'"'"'s Application Store (TAS) system developed by Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the storefront transmits the malicious application notification message to the developer support via a TAS-6 interface, and receives the malicious application notification response message transmitted by the developer support via the TAS-6 interface.