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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Robert Joseph Lombardi, Hamilton, CA;
Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Jasmin Mulaosmanovic, Kitchener, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
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.