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Managing application permissions on a mobile device

  • US 8,265,595 B1
  • Filed: 01/30/2009
  • Issued: 09/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, causes a mobile device to perform a method of tracking application permissions granted to applications running on the mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at the mobile device, notice that an application received a grant of permission to access a capability on the mobile device, wherein(1) the capability is protected by being accessible by the application only after receiving the grant of permission,(2) the capability includes a function that the mobile device was to potentially perform upon receiving a request from the application to perform the function, and(3) the application is installed on the mobile device;

    generating a permission-status message that includes information describing the grant of permission; and

    communicating the permission-status message over a wireless interface to a privacy manager that records permission statuses for the applications running on the mobile device, wherein the privacy manager operates on a computing device that is separate from the mobile device, thereby creating a remote record of the grant of permission that is accessible through the privacy manager.

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