MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPLICATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20130326500A1
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Hyunsang, PARK, Juha, JEONG, Ilwoong
• Granted Patent: US 9,229,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/316 by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/57 Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2133 Verifying human interaction, e.g., Captcha
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/00 Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/00 Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00; network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00; security arrangements for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorised activity G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A mobile terminal and application providing method for same are disclosed whereby the method provides a requested application using an application package installer having multiple pieces of signature information. The application providing method comprises: obtaining an application package installer containing multiple pieces of signature information; determining whether signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present in the multiple pieces of signature information; and generating, when signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present, a signed application package based on the corresponding signature information.

Claims

1. An application providing method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

obtaining an application package installer containing multiple pieces of signature information;

determining whether signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present in the multiple pieces of signature information; and

generating, when signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present, a signed application package based on the corresponding signature information.

2. The application providing method of claim 1, wherein the multiple pieces of signature information correspond to multiple mobile terminals employing different signatures, and wherein the multiple mobile terminals obtain corresponding signature information from the same application package installer.

3. The application providing method of claim 1, wherein determining whether corresponding signature information is present comprises repeatedly checking whether one of the multiple pieces of signature information corresponds to the mobile terminal.

4. The application providing method of claim 1, wherein determining whether corresponding signature information is present comprises:

obtaining information on mappings between multiple terminals and multiple pieces of signature information from the application package installer; and

checking whether signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present in the multiple pieces of signature information based on the mapping information.

5. The application providing method of claim 1, further comprising outputting, when signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is not present, a message indicating absence of corresponding signature information.

6. The application providing method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking validity of the signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal; and

installing, when the corresponding signature information is valid, a requested application using the signed application package.

7. The application providing method of claim 6, further comprising outputting, when the corresponding signature information is not valid, a message indicating application installation failure.

8. A mobile terminal capable of providing applications, comprising:

a communication unit for sending and receiving data; and

a control unit for controlling the communication unit to obtain an application package installer containing multiple pieces of signature information, determining whether signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present in the multiple pieces of signature information, and generating, when corresponding signature information is present, a signed application package based on the corresponding signature information.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the multiple pieces of signature information correspond to multiple mobile terminals employing different signatures, and wherein the application package installer is used to enable multiple mobile terminals to obtain corresponding signature information.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the control unit repeatedly checks whether one of the multiple pieces of signature information corresponds to the mobile terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the control unit obtains information on mappings between multiple terminals and multiple pieces of signature information from the application package installer, and checks whether signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is present in the multiple pieces of signature information based on the mapping information.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8, further comprising a display unit for displaying information, and when signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal is not present, the control unit controls the display unit to output a message indicating absence of corresponding signature information.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the control unit checks validity of the signature information corresponding to the mobile terminal, and installs, when the corresponding signature information is valid, a requested application using the signed application package.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, further comprising a display unit for displaying information, and wherein, when the corresponding signature information is not valid, the control unit controls the display unit to output a message indicating application installation failure.

15. A storage medium for storing an application package installer that contains an application package and multiple pieces of signature information so as to enable multiple mobile terminals employing different signatures to obtain corresponding signature information from the application package installer.