Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Farjola Zaloshnja

Joakim Formo

Olof Härwell

Elena Fersman

Calin Curescu

Mikael Anneroth

Mikael Woxblom

Olof Ermis

One method by a network operations center node controls collection of information from electronic devices. A request message is received from a sensor, which requests collection of information from electronic devices within range of the sensor. One of a plurality of radio access networks is selected based on it likely being communicatively connected to electronic devices within range of the sensor. An inquiry message is sent to the radio access network for broadcast to the electronic devices, requesting information from the electronic devices. An authentication message is received from a responsive electronic device. An information collection disclosure response that identifies who is requesting collection of the information from the electronic device and/or how information collected from the electronic device will be used, is sent to the electronic device. Related methods by sensors and electronic devices, and related sensors, network operations center nodes, and electronic devices are disclosed.

Disclosing and controlling collection of information from electronic devices

A media muxer node () of a local network () is configured to time-shift a live media stream, by storing the stream on a local network storage () during a pause, and providing the stored and time-shifted stream to a local network-UE () after the pause. The pausing and the resuming of the media stream can be initiated from an external network-connected UE () outside the local network, or directly from the local network UE (). The system also comprises a media aggregating node () for authentication of the external network&#x2014;connected UE (), which are both connected to a virtual control node (). If a pause in the replay is discovered, the media muxer node () sees to the storage of the media in a local network storage () until the discovery of a restart command.

Time-shifting of a live media stream

A remote-controlled recording of selected linear media, e.g. a TV program, on a Recording device () belonging to a first subscriber (Subscriber A). The recording is remote-controlled from a Media Management server (), e.g. an IPTV Backend, and initiated from a User equipment () belonging to a different subscriber (Subscriber B), wherein Subscriber B must be authorized by Subscriber A to access the Recording device. The authorization is checked by the Media management server, e.g. from a Friends list or an Access list stored in the Media management server, or in an external social network-node.

Remote-controlled recording

A resource management node is disclosed that manages a plurality of resource nodes connected to at least one network. The resource management node includes a system entity database, an interaction flow database, and an interaction execution engine. The system entity database contains information identifying communication addresses for the resource nodes and associated metadata identifying capabilities of the resource nodes. The interaction flow database contains information defining data flows that are permitted between identified ones of the resource nodes and associated triggering criteria defining when identified ones of the data flows are to be performed. The interaction execution engine is configured to determine that one of the triggering criteria defined by the interaction flow database is satisfied and to respond by establishing the associated data flow between the identified ones of the resource nodes. Related methods for managing a plurality of resource nodes connected to at least one network are disclosed.

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Solna, Sweden

Farjola Zaloshnja