Patent ID: 9182975
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for updating an application on a mobile device, comprising: accessing, at the mobile device, application management information, wherein the application management information identifies a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device and one or more granted permission settings associated with a first installed application; sending, from the mobile device to a server, a request for update information regarding the first installed application; receiving, at the mobile device from the server, the update information, wherein the update information identifies an update package for the first installed application; sending, by the mobile device, a notification regarding the update package if at least one of one or more required permission settings associated with the update package are not included in the one or more granted permission settings associated with the first installed application, wherein the notification is configured to be reviewed by a user of the mobile device; receiving, from the user of the mobile device, a request to modify the one or more granted permission settings associated with the first application to include the at least one of the one or more required permission settings associated with the update package; modifying the one or more granted permission settings associated with the first application to include the at least one of the one or more required permission settings associated with the update package; and installing the update package once the at least one of the one or more required permission settings associated with the update package is included in the one or more granted permission settings associated with the first application.