Patent ID: 7730525
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for limiting authorization of an executable action, comprising: generating an alert in response to a first execution of an action in an application during a current session of the application, wherein the application is configured to execute the action a plurality of times, wherein the generating of the alert includes displaying a dialog box prompting the user to select one of a plurality of options, wherein the plurality of options comprise: allowing a user to temporarily authorize the execution of the action for only the current session of the application, and storing a temporary authorization for the action in a runtime memory on a computer of the user; wherein, in response to the user temporarily authorizing the execution of the action for only the current session, and in response to subsequent execution of the action in the application during the current session, not generating a subsequent alert, and wherein the temporary authorization terminates when the session ends.