Nokia Corporation

Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Franklin Reynolds

Dimitris Kalofonos

Keith Barraclough

Paul Wisner

Zoe Antoniou

Melanie Larson

Mark R Adler

Stephen Hartford

A terminal for interacting with a physical entity includes a controller capable of selecting a physical entity, and thereafter receiving data from the entity at a terminal at least partially over an air interface. The controller can also identify a type of the entity based upon the data. Thereafter, the controller can be capable of performing at least one action based upon the entity type, an application operating on the terminal and a selection event. The application can comprise any of a number of applications, such as an application associated with the type of entity or an alternative application other than the associated application. Likewise, the selection event can comprise any of a number of different predefined events, such as 'select and get information,' 'select and open,' and/or &#x201c;select drag and drop.&#x201d;

Terminal, method and computer program product for interacting with a physical entity

An approach is provided for providing user interface navigation information associated with the availability of services. Location information associated with a device is received. Menu items associated with one or more services based on the location information are selected. Presentation of the selected menu items in a bridge is caused, at least in part. The bridge is a user interface element common to the services.

Method and apparatus for navigating services

Secure resource discover in peer-to-peer networks involves creating a resource discovery record associated with a computing resource of a user device that is made available via the user device to peers of a peer-to-peer network. The resource discovery record describes the computing resource and may be independent of native service discovery mechanisms of the peer-to-peer network. An access right record is created that controls the ability of one or more contacts to gain access to the resource discovery record. The resource discovery record is sent to the one or more contacts via the peer-to-peer network. The one or more contacts can use the resource discovery record to access the computing resource via the peer-to-peer network in accordance with the access right record.

Access rights used for resource discovery in peer-to-peer networks

An apparatus is provided that includes a processor configured to receive a captured traffic unit (CTU) intended for a network service, the CTU being one into which incoming traffic has been assembled based on a filter describing which incoming traffic to capture and how to assemble the respective incoming traffic into the CTU. The processor is also configured to determine whether to allow the CTU to pass to one or more applications configured to implement the respective network service based on a passlet including permissions to a particular user. The processor is further configured to instruct a firewall to allow the CTU to pass to the respective one or more applications or to reject the CTU based on the determination. In this regard, the processor is configured to perform the above functions under control of a security framework implemented in middleware between a user-level domain and a system-level domain.

Apparatus and method for managing access to one or more network resources

Aspects of the invention overcome the problem of establishing communications with devices for which the communication protocol is unknown. One aspect of the invention involves the use of a discovery registration in which a portable device is provided with information describing the physical appearance characteristics of objects or devices that may be used to identify an object of interest. Another aspect of the invention involves the use of sensing techniques for establishing the identity of an object for which more information is sought by comparing the sensed physical characteristics of an object with data describing the physical characteristics of the objects located within an environment of the network. Aspects of the invention further involve associating the information describing the physical characteristics of objects or devices with additional information regarding the object, which may include the communication protocol for the device or object with which communication is desired.

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Franklin Reynolds