Widget Security

• US 20100242110A1
• Filed: 05/07/2010
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Forstall, Scott, Louch, John O., Peyton, Eric Steven
• Granted Patent: US 9,032,318 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/552 involving long-term monitoring or reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/577 Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect

Abstract

A widget security system, method and computer-readable medium detects a security event associated with a widget, assesses the risk associated with the security event, and initiates a security action based on the assessed risk.

Claims

1. A widget security method, comprising:

detecting a security event associated with a widget;

generating data indicative of the security event;

processing the data to determine a risk level associated with the detected security event, where the risk level is determined by an action selected from a group of actions consisting of reviewing information associated with the widget, comparing widget information with a user profile, and examining programming code associated with the widget;

initiating a security action based on the risk level,

where the detecting, generating, processing and initiating are performed by one or more processors of a hardware device.