METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE INFORMATION SECURITY PROTECTION

• US 20130055405A1
• Filed: 08/24/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Netqin Mobile Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Netqin Mobile Company Limited
• Inventors: Wang, Chen, Lin, Yu, Zou, Shihong, Zhao, Shen
• Granted Patent: US 8,914,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/577 Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1433 Vulnerability analysis

Abstract

A method and system for mobile information security protection are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the method comprises extracting, by a first processor, identification information corresponding to a plurality of applications installed on a mobile device, sending the extracted identification information to a server, matching, by a second processor, the identification information to information stored in a database storage, receiving matched information from the database storage as a result of matching the identification information, sending the matched information to the mobile device, and presenting the matched information to a user of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A system for mobile information security protection, the system comprises:

a local end comprising;

an information collecting module for extracting identification information corresponding to a plurality of applications installed on a mobile device;

a local communication module for sending the extracted identification information to a server and receiving data from the server; and

a display module for presenting information received from the server to an user of the mobile device;

a server end comprising;

a server communication module for receiving data from the mobile device and for sending data to the mobile device; and

a comparator module for matching the identification information to information stored in a database.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the database includes a plurality of information packages, each information package corresponding to each of the plurality of applications.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein each of the information packages includes at least one of identification information and privacy risk information associated with each application in a corresponding package.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the server end further includes a data management module being configured to extract identification information of each application and forward the identification information to the comparator module.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the data management module is configured to copy and store the information included in a plurality of information packages, each information package corresponding to each application, as a result of the comparator module matching the identification information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the data management module is configured to compile and generate a report based on privacy risk information of each application in a corresponding package.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the server communication module is configured to send the report to the mobile device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the information collecting module is configured to collect and arrange multiple application identifications executed on the mobile device.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of information packages in the database further include security risk information for the plurality of applications.

10. A method for mobile information security protection, the method comprising:

extracting, by a first processor, identification information corresponding to a plurality of applications installed on a mobile device;

sending the extracted identification information to a server;

matching, by a second processor, the identification information to information stored in a database storage;

receiving matched information from the database storage as a result of matching the identification information;

sending the matched information to the mobile device; and

presenting the matched information to a user of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing a plurality of information packages in the database storage, each information package corresponding to each of the plurality of applications.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing at least one of identification information, and privacy risk information associated with each application in a corresponding package.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising extracting identification information from each application and forwarding the identification information to the server for matching.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising copying and storing the information included in a package in a memory, as a result of matching the identification information.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising compiling and generating a report based on privacy risk level information associated with each application in a corresponding package.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the information packages in the database storage further include security risk information for the plurality of applications.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising compiling and generating a report based on the security risk information associated with each application in the corresponding package.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising extracting the identification information corresponding to the plurality of applications executed on the mobile device.