User-Controlled Application Access to Resources

A host application on a computing device displays an icon or other visual representation of a resource of the computing device, and receives a request from one of one or more applications hosted by the host application. The request is a request to access the resource represented by the icon or other...

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Hauptverfasser: COWAN CRISPIN, CLARK CHRISTOPHER JOHN
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Zusammenfassung:A host application on a computing device displays an icon or other visual representation of a resource of the computing device, and receives a request from one of one or more applications hosted by the host application. The request is a request to access the resource represented by the icon or other visual representation of the resource, and in response to the request the appearance of the icon or other visual representation of the resource is altered. The requesting application is allowed to access the resource only if a user selection of the displayed icon or other visual representation is received.