Abstract: A system and process are described where a user of a mobile device grants access to resources associated with the mobile device to other users. Access is typically established when the user of the mobile device couples the device to a network environment and another user provides data that matches sharing criteria associated with the desired resource. The sharing criteria can include user ID/password combination, a network ID or a combination of both.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating a Windows® system registry comprising generating and storing a user identity value. The user identity value is generated by inserting a user identity in a one way function. The technique also generates and stores a registry security value corresponding with the system registry. In one embodiment, the registry security value is obtained by concatenating system registry information, for example, system registry files or system registry handle keys, and inserting the concatenated system registry information in a one way function to obtain the registry security value. An application program authenticates the registry information before using the registry information. Alternately, the registry is monitored and a change to the registry is permitted if a user identity value is equal to the stored user identity value.

Abstract: A layered resource data structure includes several layers of resources, organized by access priority. A code module is linked to an access path through the layers of the resource data structure. The code module requests resources by accessing the resources in turn in each of the layers of the resource data structure until a resource matching the resource request is located. Resources are added to and removed from the data structure without requiring custom code modifications.

Abstract: Computing devices in a network offer network services by transmitting and receiving network service packets. In one embodiment, the packet includes a network service rank and a network service code. Each computing device within the network receives a transmitted packet and validates the accompanying service code. If the service code is validated, the packet's accompanying offered network service's rank is evaluated against an existing network service's rank. If the offered network service's rank is greater than the existing network service's rank, then an existing network service is disabled, and the network service identified by the received packet is installed. Further, each computing device periodically transmits to the remaining computing devices a packet identifying the transmitting computing device's offered network service's rank and the transmitting computing device's service code.

Abstract: A layered resource data structure includes several layers of resources, organized by access priority. A code module is linked to an access path through the layers of the resource data structure. The code module requests resources by accessing the resources in turn in each of the layers of the resource data structure until a resource matching the resource request is located. Resources are added to and removed from the data structure without requiring custom code modifications.

Abstract: A system and process are described where a user of a mobile device grants access to resources associated with the mobile device to other users. Access is typically established when the user of the mobile device couples the device to a network environment and another user provides data that matches sharing criteria associated with the desired resource. The sharing criteria can include user ID/password combination, a network ID or a combination of both.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for authenticating a Windows® system registry comprising generating and storing a user identity value. The user identity value is generated by inserting a user identity in a one way function. The technique also generates and stores a registry security value corresponding with the system registry. In one embodiment, the registry security value is obtained by concatenating system registry information, for example, system registry files or system registry handle keys, and inserting the concatenated system registry information in a one way function to obtain the registry security value. An application program authenticates the registry information before using the registry information. Alternately, the registry is monitored and a change to the registry is permitted if a user identity value is equal to the stored user identity value.