Method and System for Sharing Mobile Security Information

• US 20130074159A1
• Filed: 09/20/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Link Motion, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Link Motion, Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Yu, Zou, Shihong
• Granted Patent: US 8,839,423 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/14 Protection against unauthorised use of memory or access to memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/953 Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements

Abstract

Methods and systems for sharing mobile security information are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a method for sharing mobile security information includes: providing to a user of the mobile device an option to share the mobile security information, extracting content from mobile security information upon receiving the user'"'"'s selection, and posting the extracted content to a social network service.

Claims

1. A system for sharing mobile security information comprising:

an interface for controlling a display of a mobile device to provide an option to share the mobile security information to a user of the mobile device;

a content management module which controls a CPU of the mobile device, reads the mobile security information stored in a memory of the mobile device, and extracts content from the mobile security information upon receiving a selection of the user; and

a communication module for connecting with a social network service and uploading the extracted content to the social network service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the social network service includes a social network website and a micro blogging service.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a user identification management module for associating a user identifier on the social network service with a user identifier on a mobile security application.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the user identification management module further comprises an authorization module which controls the display of the mobile device to provide an interface for the user to access an authorization endpoint of the social network service, causes the communication module to receive an authorization from the social network service, controls the CPU of the mobile device to read a set of temporary credentials stored in the memory of the mobile device, causes the communication module to send a request for a set of tokens using the set of temporary credentials, and causes the communication module to receive the set of tokens from the social network service, wherein the set of tokens are sent to the social network service together with a request to post the extracted content to the social network service.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an account management module for creating an account on the social network service which identifies the extracted content of the mobile security information.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a mobile security information database being accessible to the user through an application programming interface provided by the social network service.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a topic management module which detects a topic posted on the social network service that is relevant to the extracted content, posts a copy of the extracted content following the relevant topic on the social network service, and redirects the user to an interface of the social network service presenting the relevant topic.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a topic generating module which creates a new topic with the extracted content when no relevant topic is detected.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a server end which stores all topics posted on the social network service periodically, wherein the server end is configured to receive a request from the mobile device for searching a relevant topic and send a detected relevant topic to the mobile device.

10. A method for sharing mobile security information comprising:

causing a display of a mobile device to present an option for sharing the mobile security information to a user of the mobile device;

accessing mobile security information stored in a memory of the mobile device and causing a CPU of the mobile device to extract content from mobile security information upon receiving a selection of the user; and

sending a request to a social network service for posting the extracted content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the social network service includes a social network website and a micro blogging service.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising associating a user identifier on the social network service with a user identifier on a mobile security application.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

registering credentials on the social network service;

connecting to an application programming interface provided by the social network service;

establishing a set of temporary credentials with the social network service to identify a delegation request;

causing a communication module of the mobile device to receive the set of temporary credentials from the social network service, causing the display of the mobile device to present an interface for the user to access an authorization endpoint of the social network service, causing the communication module to connect the mobile device with the authorization endpoint;

causing the communication module to receive an authorization from the social network service and sending a request for a set of tokens using the set of temporary credentials; and

causing the communication module to receive the set of tokens from the social network service and sending a request to post the extracted content to the social network service by using the set of tokens.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising creating an account on the social network service which identifies the extracted content of the mobile security information.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing a mobile security information database being accessible to the user through an application programming interface provided by the social network service.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting a topic posted on the social network service that is relevant to the extracted content;

posting a copy of the extracted content following the relevant topic on the social network service; and

redirecting the user to an interface of the social network service presenting the relevant topic.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising creating a new topic with the extracted content, if no relevant topic is detected.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

acquiring all topics posted on the social network service periodically and storing the acquired topics in a server;

detecting a relevant topic stored on a mobile security server;

posting a copy of the extracted content following the relevant topic on the social network service; and

redirecting the user to an interface of the social network service presenting the relevant topic.