Management of persistent software applications

Abstract

A wireless communications device (200) includes a software execution environment (230) and a software permissions manager that is associated with the software execution environment (230). The software execution environment (230) defines status items (234) for at least one installed software application package (244, 246, 248 and 250) that is installed in the software execution environment (230). The status items (234) specify prohibited user actions with respect to at least one software application package (244, 246, 248 and 250). The wireless communications device (200) further includes a software package manager (232) that provides communications with the at least one installed software application package (244, 246, 248 and 250). The software package manager (232) performs at least one of ensuring, based upon the status items, a continued presence of installed software application packages, and enforcing the status items for a respective installed software application package.

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