App Permission Synchronization Across Devices by Security Level
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Solution Overview
Problem
The synchronization of application permissions across multiple terminal devices is inefficient, requiring manual operations on each device, which increases costs and reduces efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An application permission synchronization method that automatically synchronizes permission changes between devices based on security level comparisons and configuration information, enabling seamless permission management across connected electronic devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual permission setting is performed on each device, then permission control accuracy is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic permission synchronization where the first electronic device autonomously determines whether to synchronize permission changes based on security level comparisons and configuration information, eliminating the need for manual intervention on each device while maintaining accurate permission control
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where permission change information is automatically transmitted from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on security level assessments, creating a closed-loop system that maintains consistent permissions across devices without manual reconfiguration
2Loss of time
If automatic permission synchronization is implemented, then time consumption is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring security level information and permission synchronization settings on electronic devices before actual permission changes occur. This allows the automatic synchronization mechanism to operate without complex real-time decision-making, reducing operational complexity while maintaining time efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that handles the complexity of permission synchronization between devices. This intermediary layer manages the security level comparisons, configuration information validation, and permission change transmission, shielding users from system complexity while enabling automatic synchronization
3Reliability
If permission synchronization is enabled across all devices, then synchronization completeness is improved, but security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by evaluating and applying different synchronization behaviors based on the specific security levels of individual electronic devices. Instead of uniform synchronization across all devices, the system tailors permission synchronization to each device's security characteristics, maintaining completeness where safe while preventing risks where inappropriate
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of synchronization eligibility based on security level assessments. By dynamically adjusting which devices receive permission synchronization based on their security configurations, the system maintains synchronization completeness for secure devices while blocking potentially harmful synchronization to devices with insufficient security measures
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AI summary
This application provides an application permission synchronization method and a related device. The method is applied to a first electronic device, and the method includes: in response to a first user operation, changing permission granting information of a first application on the first electronic device (701), where the permission granting information is used to describe a permission granted to an application to invoke software and hardware functions of an electronic device; and if a security level of the first electronic device is higher than a security level of a second electronic device, synchronizing the change of the permission granting information of the first application on the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on permission synchronization configuration information of the first application on the first electronic device and the second electronic device (702), where the permission synchronization configuration information is used to describe whether a permission synchronization function of an application is enabled. According to the method, an application permission can be conveniently synchronized between different devices, so that efficiency of application permission synchronization is improved.