Patent ID: 8027665

Claim:
A system comprising: a mobile device configured to run first and second applications, each of the first and second applications configured to run on the mobile device and provide a user-interactive interface that allows a user of the mobile device to interactively operate each of the applications; and an agent configured to provide first and second authentication procedures that are independently or combinably assignable to the first and second applications and are configured to gather first and second authentication data from the mobile device and prevent access to first and second application data associated respectively with the first and second applications prior to authentication; wherein the agent grants access to the first application data by authenticating the gathered first authentication data through the first authentication procedure to authenticate the mobile device to the first application; and wherein the agent grants access to the second application data by authenticating the gathered first and second authentication data through both the first authentication procedure and the second authentication procedure, respectively, to authenticate the mobile device to the second application.