US 12,462,065 B1
Systems and methods for regulating application permissions
Anand Darak, Pune (IN); and Sharad Mhaske, Maharashtra (IN)
Assigned to Gen Digital Inc., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed by GEN DIGITAL INC., Tempe, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/752,102.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/629 (2013.01) [G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/6281 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for regulating application permissions, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
detecting a device permission control interface displayed on the computing device;
identifying an application associated with the device permission control interface;
determining a permission policy applicable to the identified application;
identifying an on-screen location of a control element of the device permission control interface corresponding to a resource restriction in accordance with the permission policy;
overlaying a transparent window over the device permission control interface, wherein the transparent window allows the device permission control interface thereunder to be viewed and interacted with; and
aligning a blocking element of the transparent window at the on-screen location of the control element to restrict interaction with the control element.