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PROGRAM EXECUTION METHOD AND PROGRAM EXECUTION APPARATUS

  • US 20130191853A1
  • Filed: 07/25/2012
  • Published: 07/25/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A program execution method performed by an apparatus including an operating system, first middleware and second middleware that run on the operating system, a first application program that runs on the first middleware, and a second application program that runs on the second middleware and manages billing or a parental lock, said program executing method comprising:

  • receiving, by the second application program, an instruction to execute the first application program;

    obtaining, by the second application program, billing information or parental lock information, the billing information indicating whether or not the first application program is already purchased, and the parental lock information indicating whether or not there is a parental lock for the first application program;

    judging, by the second application program, whether or not the first application program is executable, based on the obtained billing information or the obtained parental lock information; and

    activating, by the second application program, the first application program through the second middleware and the first middleware, when it is judged in said judging that the first application program is executable.

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