Using permissions to allocate device resources to an application

A wireless device comprising:

• a wireless interface;
• a memory for storing a control program and a plurality of applications, each application including an associated permission list;
• a receiver for receiving a downloaded application at the wireless device and for receiving a downloaded permission list associated with the downloaded application at the wireless device and storing the downloaded application and the associated downloaded permission list on the wireless device;
• a processor, coupled to said memory, for executing said control program and said plurality of applications;
• and
• a plurality of device resources, coupled to said processor;
• wherein said processor is configured by said control program to control access to each of said plurality of resources such that whenever the downloaded application attempts to access one of said device resources, said device resources being defined at the device prior to receiving said associated downloaded permission list, said downloaded application is limited access during continued execution if said associated downloaded permission list of said downloaded application indicates that said downloaded application is only authorized restricted access or is not authorized to access that device resource, wherein if access is limited during the continued application execution, said processor is configured to transmit a request to download an update to the permission list to access the resource being limited from access for the downloaded application.

A system for downloading and storing an application on a wireless device, comprising:

• means for receiving a downloaded application at the device;
• means for receiving a downloaded permission list associated with said downloaded application at the device, wherein the downloaded permission list indicates, respectively for each of a plurality of resources on the device which ones of said resources the device would limit the downloaded application to access during continued execution of the downloaded application, wherein the plurality of resources is defined at the device prior to receiving the associated downloaded permission list, wherein if access is limited during the continued application execution, transmitting a request to download an update to the permission list to access the resource being limited from access for the downloaded application;
• and
• means for storing the downloaded application and the associated downloaded permission list on

A computer-readable storage medium tangibly storing a sequence of computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a wireless device, causes said wireless device to control access to a plurality of device resources, for an application executing on the wireless device, comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving a downloaded application at said wireless device;
• (b) receiving a downloaded permission list associated with said downloaded application at said wireless device and storing the downloaded application and the associated downloaded permission list on the wireless device;
• (c) receiving, from said downloaded application, an access request for a specific device resource selected from said plurality of device resources, wherein the plurality of resources is defined at the device prior to receiving the associated download permission list;
• (d) responsive to step (c), evaluating the associated downloaded permission list stored on said wireless device and associated with said downloaded application, wherein the associated downloaded permission list indicates restrictions on which ones of said device resources the downloaded application can access;
• and
• (e) limiting said downloaded application access to the specific device resource while continuing to execute the downloaded application when said associated downloaded permission list indicates that said downloaded application contains restrictions from accessing said specific device resource, wherein if access is limited during the continued application execution, transmitting a request to download an update to the permission list to access the resource being limited from access for the downloaded application.