Electronic system with risk presentation mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 9,626,515 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2014
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Ruoxu, Wang, Na, Jin, Hongxia, Messer, Alan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughan, Michael R
• Application Number:
  US14/586,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20160188883A1
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/577 Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/033 Test or assess software

Abstract

An electronic system includes: a control unit configured to: calculating a risk score based on a permission requested by an application, generating a summary presentation based on the risk score for presenting a risk visualization of a privacy risk posed by an application, generating a subcategory presentation based on the risk score for presenting the risk visualization of the privacy risk posed to a device feature by the application, and a user interface, coupled to the control unit, configure to present a risk presentation including the summary presentation, the subcategory presentation, or a combination thereof for displaying on a device.

Claims

1. An electronic system comprising:

a control unit including a processor configured to;

calculate a risk score based on a permission requested by an application,

generate a summary presentation based on the risk score for presenting a risk visualization of a privacy risk posed by the application,

generate a subcategory presentation based on the risk score for presenting the risk visualization of the privacy risk posed by the application to multiple instances of a device feature representing a functionality of a device, wherein one instance of the device feature has a privacy level different from the privacy level of another instance of the device feature, and

a user interface including a display, coupled to the control unit, configured to present a risk presentation including the summary presentation, the subcategory presentation, or a combination thereof for displaying on the device.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to generate the summary presentation including the risk visualization indicating a risk level of the privacy risk.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to generate the subcategory presentation including the risk visualization indicating a risk level of the privacy risk to the device feature.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to generate the risk visualization according to a visualization type for presenting a risk level.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the user interface is configured to switch between the summary presentation and the subcategory presentation based on a user input for presenting the privacy risk posed by the application.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a feature specific score for determining a risk level of the device feature.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to calculate an overall score based on aggregating a plurality of the feature specific score for determining a risk level of the device.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to calculate a permission weight for the permission requested by the application to access the device feature.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to detect a request purpose by the application based on obtaining the permission from an application file extracted.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control unit is configured to calculate the risk score based on a permission weight, a purpose score of a request purpose, or a combination thereof to determine a risk level.

11. A method of operation of an electronic system comprising:

calculating a risk score based on a permission requested by an application with a control unit;

generating a summary presentation based on the risk score for presenting a risk visualization of a privacy risk posed by the application; and

generating a subcategory presentation based on the risk score for presenting the risk visualization of the privacy risk posed by the application to multiple instances of a device feature representing a functionality of a device, wherein one of the device feature having a privacy level different from the privacy level of another of the device feature for displaying the summary presentation, the subcategory presentation, or a combination thereof on the device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein generating the summary presentation includes generating the summary presentation including the risk visualization indicating a risk level of the privacy risk.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein generating the subcategory presentation includes generating the subcategory presentation including the risk visualization indicating a risk level of the privacy risk to the device feature.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising generating the risk visualization according to a visualization type for presenting a risk level.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 further comprising switching between the summary presentation and the subcategory presentation based on a user input for presenting the privacy risk posed by the application.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for execution by a control unit, the instructions comprising:

calculating a risk score based on a permission requested by an application;

generating a summary presentation based on the risk score for presenting a risk visualization of a privacy risk posed by the application; and

generating a subcategory presentation based on the risk score for presenting the risk visualization of the privacy risk posed by the application to multiple instances of a device feature representing a functionality of a device, wherein one of the device feature having a privacy level different from the privacy level of another of the device feature for displaying the summary presentation, the subcategory presentation, or a combination thereof on the device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein generating the summary presentation includes generating the summary presentation including the risk visualization indicating a risk level of the privacy risk.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16 wherein generating the subcategory presentation includes generating the subcategory presentation including the risk visualization indicating a risk level of the privacy risk to the device feature.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, the instructions further comprising generating the risk visualization according to a visualization type for presenting a risk level.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, the instructions further comprising switching between the summary presentation and the subcategory presentation based on a user input for presenting the privacy risk posed by the application.