Security control method for social network user, social application device and terminal

• US 10,511,601 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Wei, Wang, Haifei, Hao, Weiwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholeman, Abu S
• Application Number:
  US15/510,311
• Publication Number:
  US 20170264614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,860 Days
• 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 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation

Abstract

A security control method for a social network user, a social application device and a terminal are provided. The method includes: when information is exchanged between users, a local-end social application acquires the security control authority of a local-end user set by an opposite-end user, and the local-end social application controls, according to the security control authority of the local-end user, the copying operation and the screen capturing operation of the local-end user on the information exchanged.

Claims

1. A security control method for a social network user, comprising:

exchanging an information between users, and acquiring, by a local-end social application, a security control authority of a local-end user set by an opposite-end user and controlling, by the local-end social application, the operation of the local-end user on the exchanged information according to the security control authority;

wherein the method further comprises;

sending, by the local-end social application, an indication message indicative of no acquisition of security control authority to the opposite-end social application if the security control authority of the local-end user set by the opposite-end is not received by the local-end social application; and

receiving, by the local-end social application, a feedback message from the opposite-end social application and controlling, by the local-end social application, the operation of the local-end user according to the security control authority of the local-end user carried in the feedback message.

2. The security control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein before acquiring, by the local-end social application, the security control authority of the local-end user set by the opposite-end user, the method further comprises:

receiving and storing, by the local-end social application, the security control authority of the local-end user set by the opposite-end user and sent from an opposite-end application; and

acquiring, by the local-end social application, the security control authority of the opposite-end user set by the local-end user and sending, by the local-end social application, the security control authority to the opposite-end application.

3. The security control method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

encrypting, by the local-end social application, the security control authority of the local-end user set by the opposite-end user and sent from the opposite-end application when receiving the security control authority of the local-end user and storing, by the local-end social application, the encrypted security control authority in a nonvolatile memory; and

storing, by the local-end social application, the security control authority of the opposite-end user set by the local-end user in the nonvolatile memory when acquiring the security control authority of the opposite-end user set by the local-end user.

4. The security control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of controlling, by the local-end social application, the operation of the local-end user on the exchanged information according to the security control authority comprises:

permitting the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is high; and

forbidding the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is low.

5. The security control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation is a copying operation and/or a screen capturing operation.

6. The security control method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of forbidding the local-end user to operate the exchanged information comprises:

forbidding, by the local-end social application, the local-end user to perform a screen capturing operation with a screen capturing key;

forbidding, by the local-end social application, the local-end user to perform a screen capturing operation using a connected third-party device; and

forbidding, by the local-end social application, the local-end user to perform a screen capturing operation using a piece of installed screen capturing software.

7. The security control method as claimed in claim 6, wherein

the step of forbidding, by the local-end social application, the local-end user to perform a screen capturing operation with a screen capturing key comprises:

forbidding, by the local-end social application, the use of the screen capturing key for screen capturing by occupying a shortcut key for screen capturing or a key combination for screen capturing;

the step of forbidding, by the local-end social application, the local-end user to perform a screen capturing operation using a connected third-party device comprises;

forbidding, by the local-end social application, the use of the connected third-party device for screen capturing by forbidding the communication with the third-party device; and

the step of forbidding, by the local-end social application, the local-end user to perform a screen capturing operation using a piece of installed screen capturing software comprises;

forbidding, by the local-end social application the use of the screen capturing software for screen capturing by requesting the system to close the screen capturing software run in the background.

8. The security control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

automatically deleting, by the local-end social application, the exchanged information after the information exchange between the users is completed in a case where the security control authority of the local-end user is low.

14. The security control method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the step of controlling, by the local-end social application, the operation of the local-end user on the exchanged information according to the security control authority comprises:

permitting the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is high; and

forbidding the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is low.

15. The security control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of controlling, by the local-end social application, the operation of the local-end user on the exchanged information according to the security control authority comprises:

permitting the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is high; and

forbidding the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is low.

16. The security control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation is a copying operation and/or a screen capturing operation.

9. A social application device, which comprises a hardware processor and a memory, wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute program modules stored in the memory, and the program modules comprises:

an authority acquisition module and a security control module, wherein

the authority acquisition module is configured to acquire, when information is exchanged between users, a security control authority of a local-end user set by an opposite-end user; and

the security control module is configured to control, according to the security control authority of the local-end user, the operation of the local-end user on the information exchanged;

wherein the authority acquisition module is also configured to;

send an indication message indicative of no acquisition of security control authority to the opposite end when the security control authority of the local-end user set by the opposite-end is not received; and

receive a feedback message from the opposite end and trigger the security control module according to the security control authority of the local-end user carried in the feedback message.

10. The social application device as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

an authority synchronization module configured to receive and store the security control authority of the local-end user set by the opposite-end user and sent from an opposite end, acquire the security control authority of the opposite-end user set by the local-end user and send the security control authority to the opposite end.

11. The social application device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the security control module is configured to control, according to the security control authority of the local-end user, the operation of the local-end user on the exchanged information in the following way:

the security control module permits the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is high, or

the security control module forbids the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is low.

12. The social application device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the operation is a copying operation and/or a screen capturing operation.

13. The social application device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the security control module further includes a first screen capturing processing sub-module, a second screen capturing processing sub-module and a third screen capturing processing sub-module, wherein

the first screen capturing processing sub-module is configured to forbid the use of a screen capturing key for screen capturing by occupying a shortcut key for screen capturing or a key combination for screen capturing;

the second screen capturing processing sub-module is configured to forbid the use of a third-party device for screen capturing by forbidding the communication with the third-party device; and

the third screen capturing processing sub-module is configured to forbid the use of a piece of screen capturing software for screen capturing by requesting a system to close the screen capturing software run in the background.

17. The social application device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the security control module is configured to control, according to the security control authority of the local-end user, the operation of the local-end user on the exchanged information in the following way:

the security control module permits the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is high, or

the security control module forbids the local-end user to operate the exchanged information when the security control authority of the local-end user is low.

18. The social application device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the operation is a copying operation and/or a screen capturing operation.