Electronic device for executing application and method of controlling same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10360375-B2
Application number	US-201615044858-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2016
Priority date	Feb 16, 2015
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A electronic device and a control method of the electronic device are provided. A control method includes providing a first environment in which at least one application can operate and a second environment having an operation environment at least partially different from the first environment; determining whether a first application among the at least one application is to be executed in the second environment, when an execution command of the first application is acquired; and executing the first application in the second environment, when it is determined that the first application is to be executed in the second environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a touch screen;
a communication module;
a processor configured to provide a first environment and a second environment having an operation environment at least partially different from the first environment; and
a memory that stores instructions, which when executed, instruct the processor to:
download, through the communication module, a first application from an external device,
identify metadata of the first application, wherein the metadata indicates that the first application is to be stored in the second environment,
in response to identifying that the metadata of the first application is to be stored in the second environment, transmit, to a security server, an authentication request regarding the first application through the communication module,
receive, from the security server, an authentication result corresponding to the authentication request regarding the first application, through the communication module,
control the touch screen to receive an execution command of the first application,
based on the received execution command of the first application, identify whether the first application is to be executed in the second environment based on a determination of whether the first application is authenticated based on the authentication result and stored in the second environment, and
execute the first application in the second environment, based on identification that the first application is to be executed in the second environment.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display that displays an execution icon of the first application, wherein the input/output interface acquires a designation of the displayed execution icon of the first application.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first environment and the second embodiment correspond to respective user identification information.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes at least one of data inserted into the first application when the first application is produced, a security level of the first application, and an authentication result of the first application.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the first application is not installed in the second environment, the processor does not execute the first application or executes the first application in the first environment.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the first application is installed in the second environment, the processor executes the first application in the second environment.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor receives a selection of one of the first environment and the second environment and executes the first application in the selected environment.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an icon corresponding to the first application executed in the second environment is arranged on a screen corresponding to the first environment.

9. A control method of an electronic device, the control method comprising:
providing a first environment in which at least one application can operate and a second environment having an operation environment at least partially different from the first environment; downloading, through a communication module, a first application from an external device,
identifying metadata of the first application, wherein the metadata indicates that the first application is to be stored in the second environment,
in response to identifying that the metadata of the first application is to be stored in the second environment, transmitting, to a security server, an authentication request regarding the first application through the communication module,
receiving, from the security server, an authentication result corresponding to the authentication request regarding the first application, through the communication module,
controlling a touch screen of the electronic device to receive an execution command of the first application,
based on the received execution command of the first application, identifying whether a first application among the at least one application is to be executed in the second environment based on an identification of whether the first application is authenticated and stored in the second environment; and
executing the first application in the second environment, based on identification that the first application is to be executed in the second environment.

10. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising:
displaying an execution icon of the first application; and
acquiring a selection of the displayed execution icon of the first application.

11. The control method of claim 9 , wherein each of the first environment and the second embodiment correspond to respective user identification information.

12. The control method of claim 9 , wherein the metadata includes at least one of data inserted into the first application when the first application is produced, a security level of the first application, and an authentication result of the first application.

13. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising, when the first application is not installed in the second environment, not executing the first application or executing the first application in the first environment.

14. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising, when the first application is installed in the second environment, executing the first application in the second environment.

15. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of one of the first environment and the second environment; and
executing the first application in the selected environment.

16. The control method of claim 9 , further comprising arranging and displaying an icon corresponding to the first application executed in the second environment on a screen corresponding to the first environment.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Young-Su
• Kodihalli Nandeeshwar
• Park Joon-Ho
• Song Hye-Min
• Jung Yu-Jin
• Kim Young-Jip
• Lee Tae-Soo
• Lim Bum-Taek
• Choi Dong-Jin
• Lee Jun-Tae

Classifications

• G06F21/51

  at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability · CPC title

• G06F21/53 Primary

  by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine · CPC title

• G06F2221/2113

  Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control · CPC title

• G06F21/44

  Program or device authentication · CPC title

• G06F21/30

  Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals · CPC title