Patent ID: 8272030
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of dynamically changing the security protocol in a hand-held mobile communications device within a network, said method comprising the steps of: managing memory use and download functions in a respective mobile communications device with an application management system; controlling executable files in an embedded file system within said mobile communications device with said application management system, said embedded file system including an updatable policy file that includes a first set of rules for managing the download of applications from a first remote location, wherein the rules are applied, by said application management system, to applications executing on the mobile communications device; accessing websites available on the network with a browser implemented in said mobile communications; updating said policy file from a second remote location with a revised set of rules so that an application prevented by said first set of rules from being downloaded is rendered downloadable under said revised set of rules; and providing a global policy file change, wherein providing a global policy file change includes placing an application descriptor file and a provider policy file on a webserver to provide for downloading of a new policy file.