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Systems and methods for providing controls for application behavior

  • US 9,147,066 B1
  • Filed: 07/26/2013
  • Issued: 09/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing controls for application behavior, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

  • identifying, by the computing device, an application that is distributed via an application repository and that is configured to use a permission on a computing platform that enables the application to access a feature of the computing platform;

    receiving, by the computing device, a request from a user to reconfigure the application to control attempts by the application to use the permission by intercepting and interfering with attempts by the application to use the permission;

    reconfiguring, by the computing device in response to the request from the user, the application to control attempts by the application to use the permission by intercepting and interfering with attempts by the application to use the permission;

    determining, by the computing device, that an updated version of the application is available via the application repository;

    reconfiguring the updated version of the application to continue controlling attempts by the application to use the permission based at least in part on the request from the user by intercepting and interfering with attempts by the updated version of the application to use the permission in response to an instruction to update the application.

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