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Method and devices for managing permission requests to allow access to a computing resource

US8763080B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 2011
Grant dateJun 24, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F21/44
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and devices for managing permission requests to allow access to a computing resource are disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the method comprises: for an application to be installed on the computing device, determining an application category that the application is associated with, and retrieving a common permissions list for the application category, wherein the common permissions list identifies at least one computing resource that applications associated with the application category are configured to access; during an installation of the application on the computing device, determining one or more computing resources on the computing device that the application is configured to access when the application is executed on the computing device; determining which computing resources, of the one or more computing resources on the computing device that the application is configured to access when the application is executed on the computing device, are not identified in the common permissions list; and for each computing resource that the application is configured to access when the application is executed on the computing device that is not identified in the common…

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