Nokia Technologies Oy

Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a R.l.

Nokia Corporation

Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.

Olli Antero Rantapuska

Seamus Peter Moloney

Kari Timo Juhani Kostiainen

Guido Grassel

Oskari Koskimies

Esko Mikael Kokkonen

Johan Wilhelm Wikman

Kari Kostiainen

Jyrki Tauno Johannes Porio

Marcin Matuszewski

Kimmo Surakka

Raimo Vuonnala

Janne Esa Petteri Noyranen

Heiki Juhani Kokkinen

Johan Wikman

A method and apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a device entering a network should be allowed access and an executing unit configured to execute a configuration protocol between the registrar and the device and to a shared unique configuration key between the registrar and the device. If the device provides a privileged service, the configuration protocol enables the device to advertise the privileged service or if the device is a control point, the configuration protocol enables the device to advertise that it is able to control certain privileged services. The registrar also includes a controlling unit configured to obtain a controller key, if the registrar is to become controller of the new device and a service unit configured to execute a credential service that allows devices providing privileged services to delegate issuing of access control credentials to the registrar, wherein other devices may use the credential service to obtain credentials for privileged services.

System for user-friendly access control setup using a protected setup

In accordance with an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a receiver configured participate in an association with a first node, and at least one processing core configured to obtain a first credential set based on the association, to determine the apparatus has become associated with a computer, to receive an encrypted first key from the first node, to decrypt the encrypted first key and to provide the decrypted first key to the computer.

Secure access to remote data

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method, comprising receiving in an apparatus a first message from a second apparatus located in a different domain as the apparatus, the first message comprising a logical name of the second apparatus and a first global address, receiving a second message from a third apparatus, the second message comprising a second global address, and determining whether the first and second global addresses are the same address, or where the first and second global addresses are IPv6 addresses, whether they belong to the same network, and responsive to the first and second global addresses being the same address, or in the case of IPv6 belonging to the same network, causing transmission of information comprising at least one of a logical name and a local address of the second apparatus to the third apparatus.

Method and apparatus for connection management

A technique for providing service data over a short-range wireless connection is provided. According to an example embodiment, the technique comprises broadcasting, via a wireless communication channel, one or more advertising messages comprising a preliminary service description regarding a service accessible at a remote server apparatus, the preliminary service description configured to cause associated service indication on a user interface of a wireless communication apparatus receiving at least one of the one or more advertising messages, receiving a user-initiated request for complementary service description from a requesting wireless communication apparatus having received at least one of the one or more advertising messages, establishing, in response to said user-initiated request, a wireless short-range point-to-point connection with the requesting wireless communication apparatus for providing supplementary information for obtaining complementary service description regarding said advertised service to supplement the preliminary service description, and transmitting said supplementary information via said point-to-point wireless connection to the requesting wireless communication apparatus.

Providing service description

A method and apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether a device entering a network should be allowed access and an executing unit configured to execute a configuration protocol between the registrar and the device and to a shared unique configuration key between the registrar and the device. If the device provides a privileged service, the configuration protocol enables the device to advertise the privileged service or if the device is a control point, the configuration protocol enables the device to advertise that it is able to control certain privileged services. The registrar also includes a controlling unit configured to obtain a controller key, if the registrar is to become controller of the new device and a service unit configured to execute a credential service that allows devices providing privileged services to delegate issuing of access control credentials to the registrar.

The invention relates to a method where a first address () from a first network () is obtained to a mobile node (). Network address translation information is received from a network node () to the mobile node (), the network node () being connected to a second network (). An address mapping is indicated between the first address () and a second address () to the network node (), the second address () being associated with the second network (). A session establishment request is obtained. The request comprises instances of the first addresses () and third addresses (). The first addresses () are replaced with the second addresses () in the request. An address mapping is indicated between the third address () and a fourth address () to the first network node (). The session establishment request is sent to a remote network node () from the mobile node ().

Method for the establishing of peer-to-peer multimedia sessions in a communication system

A group management framework and methodology for managing symmetric groups using peer-to-peer network communications. Group management is distributed throughout the group members of the peer-to-peer network, and group information is mirrored in each of the members of the group. The framework facilitates management of group member lists, provides group communication capabilities for external applications, and security for the group communication without the need for intermediary servers to provide services.

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Olli Antero Rantapuska