Method and system for controlling access to applications on mobile terminal

• US 9,141,774 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zheng, Xiaosheng
• Primary Examiner(s): CHANG, KENNETH W
• Application Number:
  US14/063,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 697 Days
• Field of Search: 726/17
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/30 Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means

Abstract

Various embodiments provide methods and systems for controlling an access to applications on a mobile terminal. In an exemplary method, an opened application can be scanned and an application identification can be obtained. The application identification can be compared with a pre-stored target application identification. When the application identification is compared to be consistent with the pre-stored target application identification, an unlock interface can be displayed. An unlock command can be obtained to run the application on the mobile terminal. An exemplary system for controlling an access to an application on a mobile terminal can include a scanning module, a comparing module, a displaying module, and an executing module.

Claims

1. A method for controlling an access to an application on a mobile terminal, comprising:

opening a thread in a back-stage by a processor of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal starts up;

continuously scanning a currently opened application and obtaining an application identification of the currently opened application at a scheduled time interval by looping the thread as a back-stage activity, wherein the currently opened application is associated with one or more view interfaces including a current view interface, and the thread is configured to scan a stack top of a stack of view interfaces on the mobile terminal to obtain the current view interface, and to obtain the application identification from the current view interface;

comparing the application identification with a pre-stored target application identification, wherein the pre-stored target application identification is stored in a memory list in the mobile terminal;

displaying an unlock interface for inputting an unlock action, when the application identification is compared to be consistent with the pre-stored target application identification; and

obtaining an unlock command to access the currently opened application on the mobile terminal, wherein the unlock command is generated when the unlock action is accepted.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scanning of the opened application and the obtaining of the application identification comprise:

monitoring logs;

parsing information of startup items in the logs, including positioning a first occurrence of a location of a component placeholder, and intercepting a character string from the positioned location; and

obtaining the application identification.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the unlock interface comprises an unlock interface for inputting a password, an unlock interface for sliding a pattern on the unlock interface, and a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

stopping scanning the currently opened application on the mobile terminal, when a screen of the mobile terminal is off or the mobile terminal is on a standby mode.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

the mobile terminal runs an ANDROID operating system;

monitoring logs includes opening a thread in the back-stage to monitor a logcat; and

the component placeholder is cmp.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing of the application identification with the pre-stored target application identification comprises:

comparing an application ID and a character string of a name of the application identification one by one with application IDs and character strings of names of target applications in the memory list.

7. A system for controlling an access to an application on a mobile terminal, comprising:

one or more processors in the mobile terminal;

memory in the mobile terminal; and

one or more program modules stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more program modules including;

a scanning module, configured to open a thread by in a back-stage when the mobile terminal starts up, to continuously scan a currently opened application and obtain an application identification of the currently opened application at a scheduled time interval by looping the thread as a back-stage activity, wherein the currently opened application is associated with one or more view interfaces including a current view interface, and the thread is configured to scan a stack top of a stack of view interfaces on the mobile terminal to obtain the current view interface, and to obtain the application identification from the current view interface;

a comparing module, configured to compare the application identification with a pre-stored target application identification wherein the pre-stored target application identification is stored in a memory list in the memory;

a displaying module, configured to display an unlock interface for inputting an unlock action, when the application identification is compared to be consistent with the pre-stored target application identification; and

an executing module, configured to obtain an unlock command to access the currently opened application, wherein the unlock command is generated when the unlock action is accepted.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the scanning module comprises:

a log monitoring module, configured to monitor logs; and

a parsing module, configured to parse information of startup items in the logs and to obtain the application identification;

wherein parsing the information of startup items in the logs includes positioning a first occurrence of a location of a component placeholder, and intercepting a character string from the positioned location.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the unlock interface comprises an unlock interface for inputting a password, an unlock interface for sliding a pattern on the unlock interface, and a combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the scanning module is configured to stop scanning the application on the mobile terminal, when a screen of the mobile terminal is off or the mobile terminal is on a standby mode.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the comparing module is configured to:

compare an application ID and a character string of a name of the application identification one by one with application IDs and character strings of names of target applications in the memory list.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program, when being executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, for performing a method for controlling an access to an application on the mobile terminal, the method comprising:

opening a thread in a back-stage by the processor when the mobile terminal starts up;

continuously scanning a currently opened application and obtaining an application identification of the currently opened application at a scheduled time interval by looping the thread as a back-stage activity, wherein the currently opened application is associated with one or more view interfaces including a current view interface, and the thread is configured to scan a stack top of a stack of view interfaces on the mobile terminal to obtain the current view interface, and to obtain the application identification from the current view interface;

comparing the application identification with a pre-stored target application identification, wherein the pre-stored target application identification is stored in a memory list in the mobile terminal;

displaying an unlock interface for inputting an unlock action, when the application identification is compared to be consistent with the pre-stored target application identification; and

obtaining an unlock command to access the currently opened application on the mobile terminal, wherein the unlock command is generated when the unlock action is correct.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the scanning of the opened application and the obtaining of the application identification comprise:

monitoring logs;

parsing information of startup items in the logs, including positioning a first occurrence of a location of a component placeholder, and intercepting a character string from the positioned location; and

obtaining the application identification.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the unlock interface comprises an unlock interface for inputting a password, an unlock interface for sliding a pattern on the unlock interface, and a combination thereof.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

stopping scanning the currently opened application on the mobile terminal, when a screen of the mobile terminal is off or the mobile terminal is on a standby mode.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the comparing of the application identification with the pre-stored target application identification comprises:

comparing an application ID and a character string of a name of the application identification one by one with application IDs and character strings of names of target applications in the memory list.