SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURITY GARBAGE COLLECTION ON MOBILE DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device. SOLUTION: A method and system for performing garbage collection involving the sensitive information on the mobile device are disclosed. Security information is r...

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Hauptverfasser: JANHUNEN STEFAN E, ADAMS NEIL P, LITTLE HERBERT A, DAHMS JOHN F A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and system for performing garbage collection involving sensitive information on a mobile device. SOLUTION: A method and system for performing garbage collection involving the sensitive information on the mobile device are disclosed. Security information is received at the mobile device over a wireless network. The sensitive information is extracted from the security information. A software program operating on the mobile device uses an object to access the sensitive information. Security garbage collection is performed upon the object after the object becomes unreachable. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT