Nokia Corporation

Petri Asunmaa

Martha Zimet

Anders Frisk

Arto Astala

Robert Aarts

Kimmo Djupsjobacka

Ilari Saarikivi

Timo Skytta

Thomas Reichler

Timo Ellila

John Grundy

Sampo Savolainen

Patrik Lindblom

Thomas Abrahamson

A system according to an embodiment of the invention provides a means whereby a user or user device may be authenticated by an identity provider. The authentication may provide a trust relationship between the user and a service provider. An IdentityCard, a virtual version of traditional ID cards seamlessly expands the end user's ID card experience and related services to a personal device, like a mobile station or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), as well as to the Web browser.

Virtual identity apparatus and method for using same

A system and method are provided that allow a user to perform information management tasks and access the Internet. The system includes a terminal that is part of a family and capable of wireless communication, a gateway, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a server for authenticating the terminal, a global unit for providing the internet address of the server to the terminal, and browser logic stored in the terminal or the server. The method includes the steps of powering on the terminal, establishing a communication link with the gateway to obtain an internet address for the terminal relative to the internet address of the gateway, obtaining an internet address for the server, and establishing a family communication session between the terminal and the server to allow access to information management services, and launching a browser to provide an interface to the internet.

Network with mobile terminals as browsers having wireless access to the internet and method for using same

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Espoo, Finland

Petri Asunmaa