Managing icon integrity
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMalik Nadeem, Katherine June Pearsall
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Abstract
Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, an apparatus in the form of a data processing system and a computer program product for managing icon integrity. In one illustrative embodiment, the computer implemented method comprises receiving a notification for a selected icon and determining whether a set of properties exists for the selected icon. Responsive to determining the existence and verification of the authenticity of the set of properties, the computer implemented method analyzes the set of properties to determine permission and authentication and responsive to determining the permission and authentication, allows execution of an executable function associated with the icon.
Claims20
A computer implemented method for managing icon integrity, the computer implemented method comprising:
- receiving a notification for a selected icon;
- determining whether a set of properties exists for the selected icon;
- responsive to determining the existence of the set of properties, analyzing the set of properties to determine a permission and authentication;
- and
- responsive to determining the permission and authentication associated with the icon integrity, allowing execution of an associated function.
A data processing system for managing icon integrity, the data processing system comprising:
- a bus;
- a memory connected to the bus;
- a display connected to the bus;
- a persistent storage connected to the bus, wherein the persistent storage comprising computer executable program code embodied therein;
- a communications unit;
- a processor connected to the bus, wherein the processor executes the computer executable program code instructing the data processing system to:
- receive a notification for a selected icon;
- determine whether a set of properties exists for the selected icon;
- responsive to determining the existence of the set of properties, analyze the set of properties to determine a permission and authentication;
- and
- responsive to determining the permission and authentication associated with the icon integrity, allowing execution of an associated function.
A computer program product for managing icon integrity, the computer program product comprising computer executable program code tangibly embodied on a computer usable recordable medium, the computer executable program code comprising:
- computer executable program code for receiving a notification for a selected icon;
- computer executable program code for determining whether a set of properties exists for the selected icon,
- computer executable program code responsive to determining the existence of the set of properties, for analyzing the set of properties to determine a permission and authentication;
- and
- computer executable program code responsive to determining the permission and authentication associated with the icon integrity, for allowing execution of an associated function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.