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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:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2019
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Robert Joseph Lombardi, Hamilton, CA;

Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;

Jasmin Mulaosmanovic, Kitchener, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing access to protected file content is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request to open a first file stored on the computing device; determining that the first file is a protected file; in response to determining that the first file is a protected file: identifying a first application that is suitable for opening the first file; determining that the first application is an unsecured application; and in response to determining that the first application is an unsecured application, locking the first application to prevent unauthorized access of application data of the first application in a locked state.


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