Patent ID: 8265595

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, causes a mobile device to perform a method of tracking application permissions granted to applications running on the mobile device, the method comprising: receiving, at the mobile device, notice that an application received a grant of permission to access a capability on the mobile device, wherein (1) the capability is protected by being accessible by the application only after receiving the grant of permission, (2) the capability includes a function that the mobile device was to potentially perform upon receiving a request from the application to perform the function, and (3) the application is installed on the mobile device; generating a permission-status message that includes information describing the grant of permission; and communicating the permission-status message over a wireless interface to a privacy manager that records permission statuses for the applications running on the mobile device, wherein the privacy manager operates on a computing device that is separate from the mobile device, thereby creating a remote record of the grant of permission that is accessible through the privacy manager.