Patent ID: 9450965
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile device in which a plurality of applications are installed, the mobile device comprising: a processor and an associated memory, the processor and memory including, a storage location acquisition unit which acquires a storage location of each piece of account-related information, the account-related information is used by each of the applications; an access detection unit which detects a user access to the mobile device; a time period determination unit which determines whether a pre-determined time period has elapsed after the access detection unit detects a last user access; a protection unit that protects each piece of the account-related information based on each storage location acquired by the storage location acquisition unit, when the time period determination unit determines that the pre-determined time period has elapsed; and a timing storage unit which stores a time point of each user access which is detected by the access detection unit, wherein when the access detection unit detects a latest user access, the time period determination unit acquires from the timing storage unit a time point of a user access immediately previous to the latest user access as a time point of the last access, and compares the time point of the last access with a time point of the latest user access so as to determine whether the pre-determined time period has elapsed from the time point of the last access.