Nokia Corporation

Nokia Technologies Oy

Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.

Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh

Dmitry Kolesnikov

Atte Lahtiranta

Miikka Johannes Sainio

Niklas Tony Von Knorring

Ville Aarni

Sergey Boldyrev

Jan-Erik Gustav Ekberg

Pekka Laitinen

Mika Juhani Mannermaa

Kari Kostiainen

Olli-Pekka Lahtinen

Ivan Chichkov

An approach is provided for providing data access via multi-user views. An access management platform determines at least one view of data, wherein the at least one view is created based on one or more queries with one or more projections in one or more monadic elements to the data. The access management platform further determines one or more policies for accessing the data, wherein the one or more policies specify at least one or more access capabilities. The access management platform also causes storage of the one or more policies, the one or more access capabilities, or a combination thereof in the one or more monadic elements. The access management platform further causes granting of access to the at least one view by one or more requesting devices, wherein the granting of the access is determined by processing of the one or more monadic elements.

Method and apparatus for providing data access via multi-user views

An approach is provided for receiving, in association with first content to be rendered on user equipment, a vector of one or more values for a corresponding one or more sliding scales. A determination is made of a relationship of the first content to second content based, at least in part, on the vector received. Each value of the vector represents a relative position along a corresponding sliding scale between a minimum label and a maximum label for the sliding scale.

Method and apparatus for classifying content

An approach is provided for initiating sending a request message indicating a parameter for an application to an index of parameter values stored in a database for a plurality of related applications. A value for the parameter is received in response to sending the request. Performing a function of the application based on the value received for the parameter is initiated. The value for the parameter is used by a different mobile application of the plurality of related applications.

Method and apparatus for providing applications with shared scalable caching

An approach is provided for authenticating a mobile device. A mobile device initiates transmission of a request to an authentication platform for generating a public-key certificate to access a service from the mobile device. The mobile device receives an identity challenge and responds by initiating transmission of a tag specific to the mobile device to the authentication platform. The authentication platform uses the tag to generate a public-key certificate.

Method and apparatus for authenticating a mobile device

An approach is provided for displaying purchasing information on a mobile device. Purchasing information that is transmitted for display using a purchasing application on the mobile device is redirected for display on a browser application or a messaging application when the purchasing application is not resident on the mobile device.

Method and apparatus for displaying purchasing information on a mobile device

An apparatus and method for exchanging data between cellular modem software and application engine software of a communications device is disclosed that involves providing a communications module that facilitates communications between the cellular modem software and the application engine software. From the communications module, a generic function is invoked in response to a service request from the application engine software. The generic function is transformed to a specific function of the cellular modem software and the specific function of the cellular modem software is invoked.

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Dmitry Kolesnikov