Method for accessing user interface elements of running third party applications on symbian based mobile device

摘要

The Symbian operating system prevents third parties from collecting information regarding the steps of a user and the elements presented to him over his device's screens. The present invention provides means for monitoring and collecting such information from applications running on a digital device which are currently visible to the user. By exploiting the Front End Processor (FEP) available in Symbian based devices a code is loaded into the memory of the running application. The code executes a Symbian application programming interface (API) call and provides access to the UIE presented on the currently visible screen.