Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SECURE GARBAGE COLLECTION ON A MOBILE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003079196
Kind Code:
A3
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.
Inventors:
LITTLE HERBERT A (CA)
ADAMS NEIL P (CA)
JANHUNEN STEFAN E (CA)
DAHMS JOHN F A (CA)
ADAMS NEIL P (CA)
JANHUNEN STEFAN E (CA)
DAHMS JOHN F A (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/CA2003/000402
Publication Date:
March 18, 2004
Filing Date:
March 20, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD (CA)
LITTLE HERBERT A (CA)
ADAMS NEIL P (CA)
JANHUNEN STEFAN E (CA)
DAHMS JOHN F A (CA)
LITTLE HERBERT A (CA)
ADAMS NEIL P (CA)
JANHUNEN STEFAN E (CA)
DAHMS JOHN F A (CA)
International Classes:
G06F21/60; G06F12/00; H04K1/00; G06F12/02; H04Q7/32; (IPC1-7): G06F12/02; G06F12/14
Foreign References:
| US6349314B1 | 2002-02-19 |
Other References:
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JEFF FRIESEN: "Trash talk, Part 1 - Java recycles its memory through garbage collection", JAVAWORLD ONLINE, 7 December 2001 (2001-12-07), pages 1 - 9, XP002255755, Retrieved from the Internet
RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED: "BlackBerry Security for Lotus Domino - Version 2.0 with Service Pack 2", RIM TECHNICAL WHITE PAPERS, 2001, pages 1 - 12, XP002255756
SUN: "J2ME Building Blocks for Mobile Devices - White Paper on KVM and the Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)", SUN WHITE PAPERS, 19 May 2000 (2000-05-19), pages 1 - 36, XP002255757
YEATES S A ET AL: "Design patterns in garbage collection", TECHNOLOGY OF OBJECT-ORIENTED LANGUAGES AND SYSTEMS, 1997. TOOLS 25, PROCEEDINGS MELBOURNE, VIC., AUSTRALIA 24-28 NOV. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, 24 November 1997 (1997-11-24), pages 80 - 98, XP010286341, ISBN: 0-8186-8485-2
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