US 12,001,558 B2
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to verify application permission safety
Dattatraya Kulkarni, Bangalore (IN); Himanshu Srivastava, Bangalore (IN); Raj Vardhan, Bangalore (IN); Raja Sinha, Bangalore (IN); Srikanth Nalluri, Bangalore (IN); and Tirumaleswar Reddy Konda, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to MCAFEE, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by McAfee, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,610.
Application 17/240,610 is a continuation of application No. 15/972,803, filed on May 7, 2018, granted, now 10,990,679.
Prior Publication US 2021/0312050 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/57 (2013.01) [G06F 2221/033 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to improve app permission authorization security, the apparatus comprising:
app permission evaluator circuitry to retrieve a directive associated with a candidate app to be installed on a client device; and
recommendation generator circuitry to:
determine whether to apply the directive to configure a permission associated with the candidate app;
when the directive is to be applied, determine whether the directive is prohibitionary or discretionary;
when the directive is prohibitionary, cause the permission to be denied on the client device; and
when the directive is discretionary, invoke a selection prompt on the client device to enable a user to at least one of allow or deny the permission.