Patent ID: 7676575

Claim:
An access control method for controlling access to a network from software, comprising: storing in a memory of a mobile communication device, when the mobile communication device downloads software from a resource on a network, a scheme and a transmission port number used by said resource in addition to a host name of said resource, the scheme showing a type of protocol used by the mobile communication device when communicating with the resource; receiving, with the mobile communication device, an instruction to execute said downloaded software; determining, by an access control software executed on the mobile communication device, after receiving the instruction to execute said downloaded software but prior to starting access to the resource, whether the downloaded software requests access to the resource, the access control software being separate from the downloaded software; comparing, using the access control software executed on the mobile communication device, after receiving the instruction to execute said downloaded software but prior to starting access to the resource on the network, a host name of a resource to be accessed, and a scheme and a destination port number used for said access, with said stored host name, scheme, and transmission port number; and permitting said access, by starting access to the resource on the network with the mobile communication device, when the compared items agree with each other, while not permitting said access when the compared items do not agree with each other as a result of the comparison.