Patent ID: 9716973
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for managing situational mobile applications of high volatility in a mobile computing device, the method comprising: defining a policy specifying under which context a mobile application is to remain installed in a mobile computing device; loading the policy into memory of the mobile computing device; determining a context for the mobile computing device; applying the loaded policy to the determined context; and, responsive to a determination from the applying of the policy that the mobile application is to be uninstalled, identifying a tag associated with the mobile application that indicates a volatility matching the determined context and also specifies a type for the mobile application, automatically directing an uninstallation operation in the mobile computing device to uninstall the mobile application from the mobile computing device because the volatility of the associated tag matches the determined context, attempting to identify other mobile applications installed in the mobile computing device with associated tags that also specify a same type as that of the identified tag associated with the mobile application, and on condition that at least one other mobile application installed in the mobile computing device is identified as being associated with a tag specifying the same type as that of the identified tag, also prompting in the mobile computing device for an uninstallation of the identified other mobile applications.