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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rahul Rajendra Aralikatte, Bangalore, IN;

Vijay Ekambaram, Chennai, IN;

Senthil Kumar Kumarasamy Mani, Bangalore, IN;

Giriprasad Sridhara, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2018.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: tracking behavior of a user when the user is providing input to a permission request of an application, wherein the permission request comprises at least one application permission requesting access for the application to information accessible by an information handling device; identifying at least one undesired application permission, wherein the identifying comprises detecting, based upon the behavior of the user, that the user is uncomfortable with the at least one undesired application permission; determining whether another similar application, having a permission set the user is comfortable with, is available, wherein the determining comprises searching for applications similar to the application and filtering the similar applications by removing applications having a permission similar to the undesired application permission; and providing a recommendation, if there is another similar application, to the user, wherein the recommendation comprises the another similar application.


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