SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE READING METHOD AND DEVICE

• US 20170085533A1
• Filed: 07/20/2016
• Published: 03/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Hong, Feng, Zhao, Jiankai, YANG, Wankun, Zhang, Jianchun
• Granted Patent: US 10,027,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A Short Message Service (SMS) reading method and device are disclosed for providing security when authorizing SMS reading. After a reading request for reading an SMS is received from a third party application, when the SMS is an SMS including sensitive information, a determination as to whether a reading time in the reading request is within an access prohibition period of the SMS may be implemented, and when the reading time is determined to be within the access prohibition period, a response to the reading request may be withheld.

Claims

1. A method for determining a read authority of a Short Message Service (SMS), the method comprising:

receiving, from a third party application, a reading request for reading an SMS;

determining whether the SMS includes sensitive information;

determining, when the SMS includes sensitive information, whether a reading time in the reading request is within an access prohibition period corresponding to the SMS; and

when the reading time is determined to be within the access prohibition period, withholding a response to be transmitted back to the third party application in response to the reading request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the reading time in the reading request is within the access prohibition period of the SMS comprises:

determining whether a time difference between the reading time in the reading request and a receiving time of the SMS is smaller than a preset threshold; and

determining that the reading time is within the access prohibition period when the time difference is smaller than the preset threshold.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

setting the preset threshold according to a default active duration;

or

setting the preset threshold by extracting an active duration of the SMS from an SMS content of the SMS, and setting the preset threshold according to the active duration.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the SMS is determined to include sensitive information, adding a preset marker to the SMS, wherein the preset marker is configured to indicate that the SMS is an SMS including sensitive information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the SMS includes sensitive information comprises:

determining the SMS includes sensitive information based on characteristic information corresponding to the SMS, wherein the characteristic information comprises at least one of a sender number, an SMS content, or an SMS template.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the reading request for reading the SMS comprises:

receiving, from the third party application, the reading request for reading the SMS through an operating system;

determining, through the operating system, whether the third party application has an SMS reading authority;

when the third party application is determined to have the SMS reading authority, forwarding the reading request to an SMS component through the operating system; and

receiving, through the SMS component, the reading request forwarded by the operating system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a default SMS application of an operating system, a reading request for reading the SMS; and

responding to the reading request from the default SMS application.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, causes the mobile device to perform a method for reading a Short Message Service (SMS), the method comprising:

receiving, from a third party application, a reading request for reading an SMS;

determining whether the SMS includes sensitive information;

determining, when the SMS includes sensitive information, whether a reading time in the reading request is within an access prohibition period corresponding to the SMS; and

when the reading time is determined to be within the access prohibition period, withholding a response to be transmitted back to the third party application in response to the reading request.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein determining whether the reading time in the reading request is within the access prohibition period of the SMS comprises:

determining whether a time difference between the reading time in the reading request and a receiving time of the SMS is smaller than a preset threshold; and

determining that the reading time is within the access prohibition period when the time difference is smaller than the preset threshold.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

setting the preset threshold according to a default active duration;

or

setting the preset threshold by extracting an active duration of the SMS from an SMS content of the SMS, and setting the preset threshold according to the active duration.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising:

when the SMS is determined to include sensitive information, adding a preset marker to the SMS, wherein the preset marker is configured to indicate that the SMS is an SMS including sensitive information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein determining whether the SMS includes sensitive information comprises:

determining the SMS includes sensitive information based on characteristic information corresponding to the SMS, wherein the characteristic information comprises at least one of a sender number, an SMS content, or an SMS template.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein receiving the reading request for reading the SMS comprises:

receiving, from the third party application, the reading request for reading the SMS through an operating system;

determining, through the operating system, whether the third party application has an SMS reading authority;

when the third party application is determined to have the SMS reading authority, forwarding the reading request to an SMS component through the operating system; and

receiving, through the SMS component, the reading request forwarded by the operating system.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, the method further comprising:

receiving, from a default SMS application of an operating system, a reading request for reading the SMS; and

responding to the reading request from the default SMS application.

15. A device for reading a Short Message Service (SMS), comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, configured to store instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to;

receive, from a third party application, a reading request for reading an SMS;

determine whether the SMS includes sensitive information;

determine, when the SMS includes sensitive information, whether a reading time in the reading request is within an access prohibition period corresponding to the SMS; and

when the reading time is determined to be within the access prohibition period, withhold a response to be transmitted back to the third party application in response to the reading request.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

determine whether a time difference between the reading time in the reading request and a receiving time of the SMS is smaller than a preset threshold; and

determine that the reading time is within the access prohibition period when the time difference is smaller than the preset threshold.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

set the preset threshold according to a default active duration;

or,

set the preset threshold by extracting an active duration of the SMS from an SMS content of the SMS, and setting the preset threshold according to the active duration.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

when the SMS is determined to include sensitive information, add a preset marker to the SMS, wherein the preset marker is configured to indicate that the SMS is an SMS including sensitive information.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

determine whether the SMS is an SMS including sensitive information based on characteristic information corresponding to the SMS.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the characteristic information includes at least one of a sender number, an SMS content, or an SMS template.