Apparatus and method for notifying of security information in electronic device and computer-readable recording medium for the same

• US 9,600,691 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Heo, Younkyu, Kim, Minjung, Kim, Youngkyoo, Kim, Mooyoung, Jang, Dongho, Chun, Jaebong
• Primary Examiner(s): Chai, Longbit
• Application Number:
  US14/260,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20140325679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• Field of Search: 726/28
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2121 Chip on media, e.g. a disk or tape with a chip embedded in its case
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2123 Dummy operation

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for displaying information required to be secured in a wireless communication terminal are provided. The method includes recognizing generation of notification information of one or more processes activated in a first operation mode among a plurality of operation modes including the first operation mode and a second operation mode; and notifying a user of a part of the notification information when a current operation mode is the second operation mode.

Claims

1. A method of providing notification to a user of an electronic device, the method comprising:

recognizing, by a secure operating system, at least one secure notification event occurred by at least one secure process;

generating, by the secure operating system, a secure notification message using a portion of information on the at least one secure notification event when the electronic device is being operated in a non-secure operation mode;

providing the secure notification message to a non-secure operating system; and

in response to receiving the secure notification message, providing, by the non-secure operating system, the secure notification message to a user of the electronic device,

wherein the secure notification message includes at least a number of times that the notification information has been genrated to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of information includes at least one of whether notification information has been generated, a type of the notification information, the number of times that the notification information has been generated, and an amount of data included in the notification information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the information corresponds to a part of data to be displayed for the user in accordance with notification information while the electronic device operates with a secure operating system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, by the non-secure operating system, the secure notification message to the user comprises:

transmitting at least the portion of the information to a notification message process which collects notification information by one or more secure processes generating the notification information; and

notifying the user of the portion of the information by the notification message process.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, by the non-secure operating system, the secure notification message to the user comprises:

displaying at least the portion of the information on at least a part of a display screen of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein data of a secure process is encrypted and stored in a memory area separated from non-secure process data and allocated to secure process data, and

wherein only an authenticated user is allowed to access data stored in the memory area allocated to secure process data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a request for access to resources set to be accessible only while the electronic device operates with a secure operating system; and

blocking the request for access while the electronic device operates with a non-secure operating system.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein blocking the request for access comprises:

displaying a message indicating that the request for access is blocked on a display screen of the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing an authentication method to access a secure operating system to the user; and

allowing the requested access if the user succeeds in authentication through the provided authentication method.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a recognition module which recognizes at least one secure notification event occurred by at least one secure process, generates a secure notification message using a portion of information on the at least one secure notification event when the electronic device is being operated in a non-secure operation mode, and provides the secure notification message to a non-secure operating system; and

a notification module which receives the secure notification message in the non-secure operating system, and provides the secure notification message to a user of the electronic device,

wherein the secure notification message includes at least a number of times that the notification information has been genrated to the user.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the portion of information includes at least one of whether notification information has been generated, a type of the notification information, the number of times that the notification information has been generated, and an amount of data included in the notification information.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the portion of the information corresponds to a part of data to be displayed for the user in accordance with notification information while the electronic device operates with a secure operating system.

13. Previously Presented) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the notification module receives at least the portion of the information from a notification message process having notification information and notifies the user of the received portion of the information.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the notification module displays the portion of the information on at least a part of an area of a display screen of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein data of a secure process is encrypted and stored in a memory area which is separated from non-secure process date and allocated to secure process data, and

wherein only an authenticated user is allowed to access the data stored in the memory area allocated to the secure process data.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising:

an access control module which, when an access request for resources set to be accessible only while the electronic device operates with a secure operating system is detected, blocks the access request while the electronic device operates with a non-secure operating system.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing commands, the commands being set to allow one or more processors to perform one or more operations when the commands are executed by the one or more processes, the one or more operations comprising:

recognizing, by a secure operating system, at least one secure notification event occurred by at least one secure process;

generating, by the secure operating system, a secure notification message using a portion of information on the at least one secure notification event when the electronic device is being operated in a non-secure operation mode;

providing the secure notification message to a non-secure operating system; and

in response to receiving the secure notification message, providing, by the non-secure operating system, the secure notification message to a user of the electronic device,

wherein the secure notification message includes at least a number of times that the notification information has been genrated to the user.