Nokia Corporation

Iii Holdings 1, LLC

Sakari Kotola

Petri Vesikivi

Holger Hussmann

Teppo Savinen

Heikki Huomo

Martin Zilliacus

Peter Anthony Wakim

Carmen Kühl

Ari Koli

Marco Sandrini

Jorma Vartia

A wireless communication method and device for managing information available via a wireless connection. Service information may be transmitted to a wireless communication device (WCD) via a short-range wireless network. Authentication information is scanned from an object containing machine-readable data via a different short-range communication medium. The authentication information is used to determine whether the downloaded service information should be permanently stored and made available in the user interface of the WCD.

Method and system for tactile confirmation of service bookmarks

A RF-ID based wireless terminal includes a reader device with transponder functionality implementing ECMA 340 standard for near field communication and has shortened session set-up and user identification. The reader device is operable in an active communication mode or a passive communication mode. During the active mode, one RF-ID tag reader simulates a RF-ID tag while the other simulates a RF-ID tag reader. The reader includes a transponder, which operates during periods of time when the reader is not energized. A radio frequency interface provides signal for operation of the reader in the reader operation mode or transponder mode of operation. An RF-ID reader upon receiving a response signal from a semi-passive or active RF-ID tag of reader emulating a tag informs the terminal CPU which instructs the short-range communication to enter e.g. a page scanning mode which shortens session set-up time and user identification.

Radio frequency identification (RF-ID) based discovery for short range radio communication with reader device having transponder functionality

A system for distributing information via short-range wireless communication. A mobile server receives information from an information provider for distribution to encountered devices. The information received from the service provider may contain both content to be distributed and context information that controls how the content is distributed. The mobile server may sense current environmental conditions, which are compared to distribution rules created from the context information to control how content information is distributed. The present invention is suitable for many applications, including the distribution of podcast-related information.

Portable local server with context sensing

A system and method for performing person-to-person messaging with a value added service having a short message service center (SMSC) that receives a message having an address of a terminating wireless device, such as a and a Universal Resource Location (URL); a message server that creates an enhanced message from the address and URL of the message; and a Short Message Service Gateway Mobile Switching Center (SMS GMSC) that forwards the enhanced message to the terminating wireless device. The message server includes a SMSC interface that communicates with the SMSC; an Internet interface that communicates with the Internet; a system bus that connects the SMSC interface and the Internet interface; and a processor, connected to the system bus that extracts the URL and address from the message received via the SMSC interface, retrieves internet content from the Internet located at the URL address, and creates the enhanced message having the retrieved Internet content.

System and method for person-to-person messaging with a value-added service

Service links corresponding to services provided by remote service providers are received. These links may be from a short-range wireless communications network. A previously stored remote service link may be replaced with the received remote service link when a maximum number of stored service links is reached. Also, the received remote service link may replace an earlier stored service link when a identifier corresponding to the received remote service link is the same as an identifier corresponding to the earlier stored remote service link. Representations of remote service links may be displayed, for example, in the form of graphical icons.

System and method for remote service information

A RF-ID based wireless terminal has shortened session set-up and user identification time for conducting transactions with interactive service applications. The wireless terminal includes a terminal identification number and a user identification as a RF-ID tag. A RF-ID reader transmits a RF field for detecting the RF-ID tag in the terminal and provides an output signal when the terminal is within the reader field. The output signal establishes a connectionless communication to an access point or other terminal which initiates a wireless paging operation, in lieu of conducting a terminal discovery process, based upon the content of the RF-ID tag. The terminal initiates a wireless session between the terminal and the access point or terminal for conducting transactions with a service application linked to the access point or terminal.

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Kauniainen, Finland

Sakari Kotola