US 2019/0166148 A1 · ANALYSIS OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Methods and system are disclosed that analyze a mobile app. In one aspect, an input including a URL address of the mobile app may be received. The URL address may correspond to the mobile app stored on a mobile application distribution platform. The mobile app may be downloaded from the URL address. Upon downloading the mobile app, a static analysis engine may be instantiated to perform static analysis of the mobile app. A dynamic analysis engine may be instantiated to perform a dynamic analysis of the mobile app. A location analysis engine may be instantiated to perform location analysis. Based on the results of the static analysis, dynamic analysis and location analysis, graphical visualizations may be generated. Based on the graphical visualizations, compliance or violation of data protection standards of the mobile app may be determined.

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Dependent claims

A computer system to analyze a mobile app, comprising:

a memory storing computer instructions;
and
a processor communicatively coupled with the memory to execute the instructions to perform operations, comprising:
receive an input including a uniform resource locator (URL) address of at least one mobile app from a plurality of mobile apps, the URL address of the at least one mobile app corresponds to the at least one mobile app stored on a mobile application distribution platform,
upon downloading the at least one mobile app, instantiate a static analysis engine to perform a static analysis the at least one mobile app;
instantiate a dynamic analysis engine to perform a dynamic analysis of the at least one mobile app;
upon completion of the static analysis or the dynamic analysis, instantiate a location analysis engine to perform location investigation analysis of the at least one mobile app;
and
based on the static analysis, the dynamic analysis and the location analysis, determine whether the at least one mobile app complies with or violates one or more data protection standards.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations comprising:

receive an input including a uniform resource locator (URL) address of at least one mobile app from a plurality of mobile apps, the URL address of the at least one mobile app corresponds to the at least one mobile app stored on a mobile application distribution platform;
upon downloading the at least one mobile app, instantiate a static analysis engine to perform a static analysis the at least one mobile app;
instantiate a dynamic analysis engine to perform a dynamic analysis of the at least one mobile app;
upon completion of the static analysis or the dynamic analysis, instantiate a location analysis engine to perform location investigation analysis of the at least one mobile app;
and
based on the static analysis, the dynamic analysis and the location analysis, determine whether the at least one mobile app complies or violates one or more data protection standards.

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A computer implemented method to analyze mobile apps for determining compliance or violation of data protection standards, comprising:

receiving an input including a uniform resource locator (URL) address of at least one mobile app from a plurality of mobile apps, the URL address of the at least one mobile app corresponds to the at least one mobile stored on a mobile application distribution platform;
upon downloading the at least one mobile app, executing a static analysis to analyze the at least one mobile app;
executing a dynamic analysis to analyze the at least one mobile app;
executing a location analysis to analyze the at least one mobile app;
and
based on the static analysis, the dynamic analysis and the location analysis, determining whether the at least one mobile app complies with or violates one or more data protection standards.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Analysis of mobile applications

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