ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,987, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HONOR DEVICE Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Permission optimization method and related device" was invented by Xing Pu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may determine, based on a permission access record of an application, whether a privacy risk exists. If the privacy risk exists, the electronic device may remind and guide a user to perform permission optimization, which reduces a risk of user privacy disclosure and improves user experience."

The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 2022, under Application No. 18/017,722.

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