Patent · US Expired

Communication device, control method of communication device, program and communication method

US7421577B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2004
Grant dateSep 2, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2137
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a means for reflecting modifications made in a server to data with regard to a scope of rights, which are granted to an application program operable in a communication device such as a mobile station, on data stored in the communication device. To achieve the aim, in a system according to the present invention, Java-AP software is provided to a mobile station by transmitting an ADF, a SDF and a JAR file from servers to the mobile station in that order. The SDF is a file containing data indicating restrictions of behavior of a Java-AP in a mobile station. The SDF also contains data indicating a validity state of the SDF, namely ‘valid’ or ‘invalid’, which is managed by management server device 18. Before a mobile station runs a Java-APP which is installed in the mobile station, the mobile station accesses management server device 18 and checks whether a SDF corresponding to the Java-APP is valid. When the SDF is valid, the mobile station runs the Java-APP following the restrictions indicated in the SDF.

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