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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Nadeem Malik, Austin, TX (US);
Katherine June Pearsall, Georgetown, TX (US);
Inventors:
Nadeem Malik, Austin, TX (US);
Katherine June Pearsall, Georgetown, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Icon integrity is managed. A notification for a selected icon is received and a determination is made whether a set of properties exists for the selected icon. Responsive to determining the existence and verification of the authenticity of the set of properties, the computer implemented method analyzes the set of properties to determine permission and authentication and responsive to determining the permission and authentication, allows execution of an executable function associated with the icon.