A method and apparatus for sharing data among a plurality of applications running on the mobile device

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for sharing data among a plurality of applications running on the mobile device. In one embodiment, there is provided a method of sharing data between a plurality of kinds of applications for running on a mobile device, comprising: receiving a first application of the plurality of applications from a second plurality of applications of data access request; in response to an access request, via the shared area between the first and second applications so that the second application to access the first data, wherein the shared area established by: obtaining access to the second data; and acquisition of application access to the access policy for the second application of the data given; the use of access rights, the establishment of a shared area in accordance with the access policy. In another embodiment, there is provided a corresponding apparatus. The method and apparatus of the present invention, it is possible without changing the applications have been developed, and sharing data between applications running on the mobile device.