MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY

• US 20130303118A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: ASANDULUI, Cristian, SOINI, Jonathan, AXDORFF, Tyler
• Application Number:
  US13/837,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20130303118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/128 Anti-malware arrangements, e.g. protection against SMS fraud or mobile malware
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

Systems, methods and procedures are described for thwarting undesirable applications from affecting mobile communication devices. A mobile communication device uses a server to assist in identifying and removing undesirable applications.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving data at a server, the data identifying at least a portion of an application accessible by a mobile communication device;

determining if classification information for the application corresponds to the data, the classification information stored in a storage accessible by the server, the storage storing a corresponding determination for the classification information;

if classification information corresponds to the data, the server providing the determination corresponding to the classification information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before receiving data at the server computer, determining if classification information stored in a storage at the mobile communication device corresponds to the data, the storage storing a corresponding determination for the classification information; and

, if classification information in the storage at the mobile communication device does not correspond to the data, then receiving at least a portion of the data at the server from the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is behavioral data associated with the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is metadata associated with the application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the classification information includes a package name associated with the application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the data does not correspond to classification information stored in the storage, then analyzing, by the server, at least a portion of the data to determine an classification; and

, storing the classification in the storage.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising preventing the mobile communication device from accessing the application.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a notification to the mobile communication device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification is a warning.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification is an instruction to uninstall the application.

11. A method, comprising:

determining, by a mobile communication device, if classification information in a storage corresponds to an application accessible by the mobile communication device;

if the classification information in the storage does not correspond to the application, then receiving data pertaining to the application at a server computer;

determining, by the server, if classification information for an application corresponds to the received data, the classification information stored in storage accessible by the server, the storage accessible by the server storing a corresponding determination for the classification information; and

if classification information corresponds to the received data, then the server transmitting the determination corresponding to the classification information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data is behavioral data associated with the application.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data is metadata associated with the application.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

if the classification information does not correspond to the received data, then determining, by the server, a determination for the application using the received data.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

requesting, by the server, additional data pertaining to the application accessible by the mobile communication device; and

, analyzing the additional data.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising preventing the mobile communication device from accessing the application.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting a notification to the mobile communication device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the notification is a warning.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the notification is an instruction to uninstall the application.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the notification is an instruction preventing the mobile communication device from accessing the application.