Nokia Corporation

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Nokia Internet Communications, Inc.

Mika Leppinen

Sachin Padma

Wolfgang Theimer

Turkka Keinonen

Klaus Kespohl

Anne Koppinen

Anne Kirjavainen

Maximiliano Roque-Cerna

Anil Y Reddy

Andreas Krüger

Hans Hansen

A method and apparatus for user selectable content linking in internet applications. The usability of downloaded content may be modified for specific users by allowing a user to select the content in which and how their content data is linked. Particular text may be selected, and when content is downloaded from an origin service including the particular text, the text may be automatically linked to a service or database. The service or database is independent of the origin service and may be provided by a third party.

User preference based content linking

In the current state of the art there are a number of operable devicesknown that have an operating panelthrough which a user of the devicecan produce and/or change-existing operating states, Because of the fact that manual operation is often very complex and can also result in the distraction of the user in situations that require the full the attention of a user to be directed elsewhere, the invention increases the ease of operation and simultaneously reduces the amount of attention required to be paid to the devices. The invention uses a decision unitthat blocks or releases certain operating states of the operable devicebased on the data received. The invention can be implemented, for example, so that a mobile telephoneinstalled in a vehicledoes not 'transfer' any telephone calls or suppresses the making of telephone calls from within the vehiclewhen the vehicleis moving faster than a certain speed.

Device used in a vehicle which is controlled by vehicular operation to avoid dangerous vehicular operation

A method and system for minimizing data transmission between a mobile station and a gateway server. The method provides that a mobile station transmits to a gateway server a request for a content and/or a resource located on a web server using a first protocol. The gateway server then transmits the request to the web server using a second protocol that is compatible with that used by the web server. The gateway server receives a redirection message from the web server indicating a new location of the content and/or resource. In response to the redirection message, the gateway server creates and transmits another request for the content and/or resource at the new location. After receiving the requested content and/or resource from the web server or another web server, the gateway server transmits the requested content and/or resource to the mobile station using the first protocol.

System and method for effective use of air link between mobile stations and gateway servers

A convenient way for securely storing sensitive data in a public storage area over a wireless network is disclosed. Data that is to be backed up is encrypted using a public key of the user and is sent over the wireless network using a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) technique and preferably contained within the body of a SyncML document or an XML document. The encrypted data can be later retrieved using a WAP technique and decrypted using the private key of the user.

Secure wireless backup mechanism

A request handler in a server handles requests from a client as a user navigates through an application having a plurality of states. A data generator is coupled to the request handler. A cache is coupled to the data generator. The data generator processes the requests received by the request handler and based, at least in part, on the requests, stores data in the cache. An application state controller is coupled to the request handler, and a preprocessor is coupled to the application state controller. The requests handled by the request handler indicate the current state of the application in which the requesting user is located, and such an indication is forwarded to the application state controller. The application state controller reads the graphical usage description, which graphically illustrates the flow of the application from state to state and determines a likely next state based on the current state. The application state controller produces a control signal based on the indication of the current state of the user and the likely next state. The preprocessor generates a preprocess signal based on the control signal. Responsive to the preprocess signal, the data generator caches the data that are likely to be needed as the user navigates through the states of the application.

System and method for proactive caching employing graphical usage description

A method of optimizing the amount of data transmitted between a mobile station and a gateway. Data are transmitted from a web server in accordance with a first protocol to the gateway in response to a request from the mobile station. The gateway encodes the data from the web server into bytecodes in accordance with a second protocol by the gateway. The bytecodes are compressed using a compression algorithm and then transmitted to the mobile station. The mobile station receives the compressed bytecodes and decompresses the compressed bytecodes using a decompression algorithm. The decompressed bytecodes are decoded in accordance with the second protocol for presentation to a user.

Method and system for optimizing usage of air link

A technique for improving throughput of a gateway interface includes: a client, e.g., a wireless client, forwarding a request to a server via the gateway; determining in the server whether the requested content has been validated, and if so, setting a predetermined header to &ldquo;validated&rdquo; and forwarding the requested content to the gateway, and if not, either setting the predetermined header to &ldquo;not validated&rdquo; or not setting the predetermined header, and forwarding the requested content to the gateway. The gateway determines whether the predetermined header of the forwarded content has been set to &ldquo;validated,&rdquo; and if so, forwards the requested content to the client after encoding the validated content, and if not, validates the content and then encodes the validated content and forwards it to the client. In this way, the gateway does not have to needlessly validate requested content which had already been validated.

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Woburn, MA, United States of America

Mika Leppinen