Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Myeong Jin Oh

Moon K Kim

Jae Young Lee

Kyung Moon Kim

Michael Pak

Sung Kyu Cho

Ju Ha Park

Moon Kyung Kim

A method for application management and an electronic device therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a first application, and a processor configured to obtain a request for installing a second application, compare a first identifier corresponding to the first application with a second identifier corresponding to the second application, if the first identifier is the same as the second identifier, compare first signature information corresponding to the first application with second signature information corresponding to the second application, if the first signature information is different from the second signature information, compare the first signature information with additional signature information corresponding to the second application, and if the first signature information is the same as the additional signature information, replace at least a portion of the first application by using at least a portion of the second application.

Apparatus and method for managing application

Disclosed is an electronic device including a memory configured to store inheritance limitation information of sharing permission owned by an application in a sharing permission relationship with an installed or executed application for sharing at least part of permission, and a processor functionally connected to the memory and set to process a sharing permission acquisition of the installed or executed application, based on the inheritance limitation information of the sharing permission when the application is installed or executed.

Permission control method and electronic device operating the same

An electronic device comprising: a memory; and at least one processor configured to: install an application by using an installation file associated with the application; grant at least one permission to the application based on a permission setting token that is included in the installation file; and store, in a database, an indication that the application is granted the permission.

Token-based scheme for granting permissions

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Myeong Jin Oh