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Mocana Assigned Patent(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 2 -- Mocana, San Francisco, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,549,656) developed by James Blaisdell, Novato, Calif., and Jean-Max Vally, San Francisco, for a "securing and managing apps on a device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apps are secured or security-wrapped either before they are downloaded onto a device, such as a smartphone or tablet device, or after they are downloaded but before they are allowed to access the device operating system and cause any potential damage to the device. An app provider, such as an employer or a cellphone provider, can secure its apps before consumers download an app from their app store or marketplace. The app is secured before it is allowed to access the operating system of the device, thereby preventing the app from malicious behavior. Core object code of the app is obtained and the digital signature is removed. App object code is substituted with security program object code, thereby creating a security-wrapped app. The security-wrapped app is prepared for execution on the device and is re-signed with a new key." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2011 (13/025,994). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,549,656&OS=8,549,656&RS=8,549,656 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. SR1002HP1002-931176 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |