Remotely defining security data for authorization of local application activity

摘要

Systems and methods, including computer software adapted to perform certain operations, can be implemented for remotely defining security data for authorizing access to data on a client device. Permission indicators are associated with a sequence of instructions, and a protected activity is associated with one or more of the permission indicators and with an instruction within the sequence of instructions. The one or more permission indicators and the sequence of instructions are provided to a remote device. The remote device determines whether execution of the instruction is permitted based, at least in part, on the one or more permission indicators, and the remote device performs the protected activity if execution of the instruction is permitted.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
associating at least one permission indicator with a particular sequence of instructions, a first of the at least one permission indicators indicative of whether a protected activity is allowed to be performed by a sequence of instructions, the particular sequence of instructions including an instruction, which when executed causes the protected activity to be performed; preparing a feed containing the at least one permission indicator and the particular sequence of instructions; determining whether a remote device is accepting feed permissions via feeds, the feed permissions being specified for the respective feeds via which the feed permissions are communicated; and responsive to a determination that the remote device is accepting the feed permissions via the feeds, communicating the at least one permission indicator and the particular sequence of instructions in the prepared feed to the remote device, which enables the remote device to:
determine whether execution of the instruction is permitted based, at least in part, on the first permission indicator; andperform the protected activity if execution of the instruction is permitted.