Patent ID: 9679162
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a designation of a first group of users as a permission setting source for a computing device; receiving an indication of a plurality of permissions required by an application responsive to initiation of an installation or an update of the application on the computing device; for a first permission, from the plurality of permissions, automatically determining by the computing device, based upon a threshold number of previous permission setting selections made by the first group of users, respectively, a first permission setting that indicates whether the first permission is granted or denied to the application; responsive to determining that a popularity level for the application meets or exceeds a popularity threshold, automatically assigning, by the computing device, the first permission setting for the first permission based on the determination, to the application; for a second permission, providing, by the computing device, an indication of the second permission to a second device user; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second permission setting for the second permission from the second device user; and assigning, by the computing device, the second permission setting for the second permission based on the indication, to the application.