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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Herbert A. Little, Waterloo, CA;
Neil P. Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Stefan E. Janhunen, Waterloo, CA;
John F. A. Dahms, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Herbert A. Little, Waterloo, CA;
Neil P. Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Stefan E. Janhunen, Waterloo, CA;
John F. A. Dahms, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device. Secure information is received at a mobile device over a wireless network. The sensitive information is extracted from the secure information. A software program operating on the mobile device uses an object to access the sensitive information. Secure garbage collection is performed upon the object after the object becomes unreachable.