METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED CREDENTIAL USAGE FOR ANDROID BASED AND OTHER RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT DEVICES

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13630111

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A method, system and computer program product configured for providing distributed credential usage for an electronic handheld device or computing device configured with an operating system comprising an iOS based, Android or other operating system with sandboxed or restricted environments. The system comprises one or more applications running an operating system and configured with one or more sandboxed environments, and a credential provider application configured in a sandboxed environment. The credential provider application is configured to transfer data between the applications, for example, utilizing an inter-process communication channel. The credential provider application is configured to perform an operation on a request from one of the applications and utilizes credentials associated with the application. The credential provider application is configured to maintain the integrity of the credentials within the confines of the credential provider application so that the application is not given access to any private or secret credentials.

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ECHOWORX CORPORATION4101 YONGE STREET SUITE 708 TORONTO M5X 1A4

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cheung, Kai Toronto, CA 1 18
QUAN, Kevin Toronto, CA 11 92

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