Patent ID: 8955056
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A terminal to assign permission to an application, comprising: a storage device to store an application list comprising information of applications authorized to receive manager permission, the manager permission configured to authorize a privilege to all input/output (I/O) devices of the terminal and restricted files including a system file of the terminal; and an application processor to receive a request for the manager permission from an application, and to determine to allow the manager permission to the application in response to a determination that the application is included in the application list, wherein user permission is configured to authorize a limited privilege such that an access to an input/output device or a restricted file of the terminal is denied to an application having the user permission, wherein the storage device comprises an embedded file system in a modem processor to store the application list, the modem processor being connected to the application processor via an inter-processor communication interface, and wherein the application list is configured to be inaccessible by an application having the user permission.