Apparatus and method for providing widget service in portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJong-Chul Park
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Abstract
A portable terminal includes an apparatus for enhancing security by preventing the control on an internal function of the portable terminal via a widget downloaded from a sharing site. The apparatus includes a widget engine for determining, when a widget in operation controls an internal function of the terminal, whether the widget is authorized to control the internal function, permitting the internal function control to the widget authorized to control the internal function, and blocking a widget prohibited from controlling the internal function, from controlling the internal function.
Claims24
An apparatus for providing a widget service in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a widget engine configured to determine, when a widget in operation controls an internal function of the terminal, whether the widget is authorized to control the internal function, permit the internal function control to the widget authorized to control the internal function, and block a widget prohibited from controlling the internal function.
A method for providing a widget service in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- determining whether a widget in operation is to control an internal function of the terminal;
- determining whether the widget in operation is authorized to control the internal function when determining the widget intending to control the internal function;
- permitting the internal function control when the widget is authorized to control the internal function;
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- blocking from controlling the internal function when the widget is forbidden to control the internal function.
A portable terminal capable of providing a widget service, the portable terminal comprising:
- a widget engine configured to determine, when a widget in operation controls an internal function of the terminal, whether the widget is authorized to control the internal function, permit the internal function control to the widget authorized to control the internal function, and block a widget prohibited from controlling the internal function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.