Method and apparatus for application management in user device

摘要

The method and apparatus support signature-based application management that examines credibility of an application to be installed or executed and controls installation and execution accordingly. The application management method for a user device includes: receiving user input for installing an application; comparing signature information of the application with an authentication list stored in a signature information storage; preventing, when the signature information is present in a blacklist of the authentication list, installation of the application; initiating, when the signature information is present in a whitelist of the authentication list, installation of the application; and selectively performing, when the signature information is not present in either the blacklist or the whitelist, installation of the application according to user consent.

主权项

1. A method to manage an application in an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a touch display screen of the electronic device, a user input to install an application; comparing, by a control unit of the electronic device, signature information of the application with signature information in an authentication list pre-stored in a storage unit of the electronic device; preventing, by the control unit, if the signature information of the application is present in a blacklist of the authentication list, installation of the application; initiating, by the control unit, if the signature information of the application is present in a whitelist of the authentication list, installation of the application; and selectively performing, by the control unit, if the signature information is not present in either the blacklist or the whitelist, installation of the application according to user consent, wherein signature information supplied by an application provider and signature information updated by use of the electronic device are separately stored in the storage unit, and wherein an execution history of the application is updated according to a list in which signature information of the application is registered.