Patent ID: 6862686
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a data processing system for managing permissions in an application, the method comprising the data processing system implemented steps of: receiving a user input changing a security level for the application at a container that is handled by a view controller; creating, by an application mediator that is included in a plurality of application mediators that exist in said system, one or more view controllers including said view controller to complete a function of said application mediator; generating a view event, by said view controller, describing the user input; receiving the view event at said application mediator; responsive to receiving the view event by said application mediator, sending a request event from said application mediator to said view controller that was created by said application mediator; and receiving at the application mediator, a permission corresponding to the security level, wherein the permission alters an item in the application.