Information server in a communication system

• US 20060133310A1
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Rajaniemi, Jaakko
• Application Number:
  US11/071,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20060133310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A method provides handling a request to access a mobile information server. The method comprises receiving a request to access a mobile information server. The method further comprises determining whether informing of the request is required. The method further comprises informing of the request when the step of determining shows that the informing is required. Furthermore, an information server and a computer program are configured to execute the method.

Claims

1. A method for handling a request to access a mobile information server, the method comprising:

receiving a request to access a mobile information server;

determining whether informing of the request is required; and

informing of the request when the step of determining shows that the informing is required.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of informing comprises giving at least one of a sound alert, a flashing lights alert and a vibrating alert.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of informing comprises giving at least one of a first alert window and an alert window including information about a requesting client.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of informing comprises giving an alert window asking an authorization of the request.

5. A method according to claim 4, further comprising receiving one of an authorization and a refusal in response to the step of informing.

6. A method according to claim 1, further comprising giving a response to the request.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the step of giving the response comprises informing that the request is disallowed when a user disallows the request.

8. A method according to claim 5, further comprising allowing an access of subsequent requests from an authorized requesting party without a further alert window.

9. A method according to claim 5, further comprising allowing an access of subsequent requests from an authorized requesting party without further step of informing.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining comprises verifying whether the request is received from a requesting party for a first time.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein the step of informing comprises informing of the request when the step of verifying shows that the request is received from the requesting party for the first time.

12. A method according to claim 10, wherein the step of determining comprises determining that the informing is not required when the step of verifying shows that previous requests have been received from said requesting party.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein said requesting party is a user of an Internet browser.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining comprises determining whether a trigger is configured for triggering the step of informing.

15. A method according to claim 14, wherein the step of determining comprises determining whether the trigger comprising at least one of a particular user requesting an access to a web service provided by a terminal and an unknown user requesting an access to a service is configured.

16. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving comprises receiving, in the request, information about a requesting party.

17. A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving comprises receiving, in the request, at least one of a username and a password.

18. A method according to claim 1, further comprising asking for at least one of a username and a password from a requesting party in response to the step of receiving the request.

19. A computer program, embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program controlling a computing system to perform the steps of:

receiving a request to access a mobile information server;

determining whether informing of the request is required; and

informing of the request when the step of determining shows that the informing is required.

20. A mobile information server for a communication system, the information server configured to:

receive a request to access a mobile information server;

determine whether informing of the request is required; and

inform of the request when the step of determining shows that the informing is required.

21. An information server for a communication system, the information server comprising:

receiving means for receiving a request to access a mobile information server;

determining means for determining whether informing of the request is required; and

informing means for informing of the request when the step of determining shows that the informing is required

22. An information server for a communication system, the information server comprising:

a receiver for receiving a request to access a mobile information server;

a processor for determining whether informing of the request is required; and

an interface for informing of the request when the step of determining shows that the informing is required.