Apparatus and methods for managing widgets in a wireless communication environment

A method of managing a mobile widget on a wireless communication device, comprising:

• tracking performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget on a wireless communication device;
• forwarding the tracked performance data across a wireless network for analysis;
• receiving a widget disabling message based on a comparison of the performance data to a mobile widget specification, wherein the mobile widget specification includes one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget;
• and
• disabling the mobile widget based on the widget disabling message,
• wherein the one or more acceptable activity standards for the respective one or more activities further include one or more of:
• a number of generated messages, or
• an amount of memory usage, or
• an amount of processor usage, or
• a number of wireless connections, or
• any combination thereof.

A mobile widget manager, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget;
• obtain a mobile widget specification corresponding to the mobile widget, wherein the mobile widget specification includes one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget;
• compare the performance data to the mobile widget specification;
• identify the mobile widget either as a non-hostile mobile widget if the performance data meets the respective one or more acceptable activity standards or as a hostile mobile widget if the performance data does not meet the respective one or more acceptable activity standards;
• and
• storing an identification corresponding to the mobile widget that indicates whether or not the mobile widget is hostile or non-hostile.

A wireless communication device, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• track performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget on a wireless communication device;
• forward the tracked performance data across a wireless network for analysis;
• receive a widget disabling message based on a comparison of the performance data to a mobile widget specification, wherein the mobile widget specification includes one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget;
• and
• disable the mobile widget based on the widget disabling message,
• wherein the one or more acceptable activity standards for the respective one or more activities further include one or more of:
• a number of generated messages, or
• an amount of memory usage, or
• an amount of processor usage, or
• a number of wireless connections, or
• any combination thereof.