Patent ID: 9349018
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of protecting content data, comprising: receiving an indication that a content to be provided to a first mobile application on a mobile device is to be protected against unauthorized access at the mobile device using unauthorized applications other than the first mobile application, wherein the fist mobile application comprises a communication application and the content comprises an attachment to a communication message to be synchronized to the mobile device; determining whether the mobile device is authorized to receive the content; in the event the mobile device is authorized to receive the content, encrypting the content, using a key associated with a second mobile application authorized to be used to access the content at the mobile device, such that the content is accessible to the second mobile application on the mobile device and not to unauthorized applications on the mobile device; and in the event the mobile device is not authorized to receive the content, stripping the content from or replacing the content in the communication message prior to delivering the communication message to the mobile device.