US Patent 9838379 Security tiering in a mobile communication device application framework

A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, a mobile application installed in the memory, and a mobile application framework (MAF) client installed in the memory. When executed by the processor, the MAF client receives a request to access services of a MAF from the mobile application, retrieves a digital certificate associated with the mobile application, sends an application validation request comprising the certificate and an application identity to a MAF server, receives an application validation token from the MAF server, and provides the application validation token to the mobile application, whereby the mobile application is granted access to a first security tier of MAF services.