| US 7,490,333 B2 | ||
| Capability-based access control for applications in particular co-operating applications in a chip card | ||
| Gilles Grimaud, Lille (France); Daniel Hagimont, Crolles (France); and Jean-Jacques Vandewalle, Marseilles (France) | ||
| Assigned to Gemalto SA, Gemenos (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/148,954 PCT Filed Dec. 08, 2000, PCT No. PCT/FR00/03463 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Oct. 15, 2002, PCT Pub. No. WO01/42887, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 14, 2001. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 99 15791 (FR), filed on Dec. 10, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0065982 A1, Apr. 03, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 719—316 [713/159; 713/167; 713/172; 713/185] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method for controlling access between two applications each cooperating by means of capabilities on objects belonging
to the other application, the applications cooperating through at least one operating system and being established in a data
processing means, comprising the following step:
when one of the applications, known as the access-requesting application, is given access to an object belonging to another
application, known as the access-providing application,
creating two capabilities respectively in said access-requesting and providing applications, as objects;
wherein the capability created in the access-providing application limits access to said object and,
the capability created in the access-requesting application associates the access-requesting application with the capability
created in the access-providing application.
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