Patent ID: 9563772
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for providing a security service from a security manager application to a software application on a computing device, the method comprising: providing a security manager application configured to provide a security service on a computing device, the computing device having at least one processor operatively coupled with a memory; providing a software application on the computing device, the software application having original, post-compile object code; and modifying the original object code of the software application to create replacement object code, the replacement object code configured for communication with the security manager application, the replacement object code comprising a policy engine configured to retrieve a security policy into the memory of the computing device and configured to process a command sent from a remote server that remotely locks the software application, disables the software application, or sets the software application to an initial, unused state.