Patent ID: 8763131

Claim:
A method, implemented by one or more computing devices, the method comprising: obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, information relating to a plurality of applications for mobile devices that are hosted by one or more application servers; determining, by the one or more computing devices and for each of the plurality of applications, a plurality of security scores, each security score in the plurality of security scores defining a level of risk for a security category, of a plurality of security categories, relating to a corresponding application, the plurality of security categories including categories for authenticity, reliability, safety, and privacy wherein the authenticity category is associated with a first security score that is based on predictive analytics applied to one or more factors including at least a first time duration that a particular one of the plurality of applications has been available or a second time duration with which a developer of the particular one of the plurality of applications has been in business, wherein the reliability category is associated with a second security score that is based on the predictive analytics applied to factors that relate to reliability of the particular one of the applications, wherein the safety category is associated with a third security score that is based on the predictive analytics applied to factors that relate to safety associated with the particular one of the applications, wherein the privacy category is associated with a fourth security score that is based on the predictive analytics applied to factors that relate to privacy of the particular one of the applications with respect to a user of the particular one of the applications; and combining, by the one or more computing devices, the plurality of security scores, for each of the plurality of applications, to obtain, for each of the plurality of applications, a final security score; and storing or outputting, by the one or more computing devices, the final security score for each of the plurality of applications.