Nokia

About: Nokia is a company organization based out in Espoo, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Signal & Mobile station. The organization has 16625 authors who have published 28347 publications receiving 695725 citations. The organization is also known as: Nokia Oyj & Oy Nokia Ab.

Data adapter for a radiotelephone

Abstract: A data adapter (2) for a mobile telephone (1) of the type intended to have a subscriber identity module (SIM) inserted therein and capable of supporting a short message service (SMS). The adapter includes means for coupling to the telephone so that data can be transferred therebetween. The coupling means includes a connector configured as a standard SIM, i.e. designed to fit in the SIM interface (3) of the telephone (1). The adapter itself includes means (6,7) for receiving a SIM such that data can be read from or written to the SIM. Means are included in the adapter for converting received data into SMS format thereby enabling the mobile telephone to be used for receiving/transmitting data messages other than normal SMS messages. A data input/output (8) may be provided on the adapter for connection to an external data terminal, e.g. a PC.

Apparatus and method ofscheduling resources for device-to-device communications

Abstract: An approach is provided for scheduling resources for device-to-device communications. A resource of a network is granted to a group designated for device-to-device communications. The group then determines how the resource allocation is utilized to support the communication session and allocates the resource among the user equipment within the group independently of the base station. Further, a user equipment pair in the group determines transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) timeslot configuration to allow TDD mode operations, and further configure the modulation and coding for the device-to-device connection, and error control scheme for the pair via control signaling independently from the group.

PLEX Cards: a source of inspiration when designing for playfulness

Abstract: Playfulness can be observed in all areas of human activity. It is an attitude of making activities more enjoyable. Designing for playfulness involves creating objects that elicit a playful approach and provide enjoyable experiences. In this paper we introduce the design and evaluation of the PLEX Cards and its two related idea generation techniques. The cards were created to communicate the 22 categories of a Playful Experiences framework to designers and other stakeholders who wish to design for playfulness. We have evaluated the practical use of the cards by applying them in three design cases. The results show that the PLEX Cards are a valuable source of inspiration when designing for playfulness and the techniques help create a large amount of ideas in a short time.

Method and device for organizing user provided information with meta-information

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for organizing user provided information being available in a mobile terminal device with meta-information for allowing retrieving of the user provided information and a device being capable to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained in consequence on any user operation against the mobile terminal device and context information is obtained which is associated with the User provided information. The meta-information is obtained from the context information and assigned to the user provided information. The user provided information and the meta-information is stored in a history storage in order to establish an information history functionality. The meta-information is employed for retrieval of the User provided information by matching request information : provided with a retrieval request with the meta-information for selecting a user provided information being assigned to the matching meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information employs calendar information for obtaining meta-information. The calendar information is obtained from an electronic calendar implemented in the mobile terminal device. The calendar information is matched with user provided information to obtain the meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize user provided audio information. The user provided audio information is obtained, recorded and stored. During the recording additional user provided information and context information relating to the recording operation is obtained. The meta-information comprising information about the additional user provided information and the context information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize User provided audio information by embedding meta-information into the User provided audio information. The embedding is based on a set of code bases representing a plurality of coding symbols and the set of code bases is adapted to enable a mapping of the meta-information into the a plurality of coding symbols. The user provided audio information and the mapped meta-information is combined by embedding the mapped meta-information into the user provided audio information.

Apparatus and method for use in collaboration services

Abstract: A ConnectIcon View is employed to establish collaborative communications between a plurality of participants in a group. Specifically, it is a dynamic visual representation of the participants of a group being invited to communicate together with their presence information, lists of documents and URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) to be examined, and a set of mechanisms (email, chat, voice, and the like) to initiate communication, each of which can be billed to the originator or otherwise as desired. The available presence information allows a user to employ the best mode of communicating for the instant purpose, namely, either asynchronous communication or synchronous communication.