Abstract: An arrangement for an NFC compatible mobile device for delayed transfer of an established friend connection and a related method. The arrangement is suitable, for example, for delaying the transmission of information about a friend connection established over the NFC relative to another NFC compatible device to a remote device, such as a server, in that case the network connection is not available or does not fulfill a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: An arrangement for an NFC compatible mobile device for delayed transfer of an established friend connection and a related method. The arrangement is suitable, for example, for delaying the transmission of information about a friend connection established over the NFC relative to another NFC compatible device to a remote device, such as a server, in that case the network connection is not available or does not fulfill a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: A mobile device for enhancing context awareness in social networking includes a processor for processing data, a memory for storing data, a wireless transceiver for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data relative to remote devices, a short-range wireless transceiver, for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data relative to remote devices equipped with a compatible short-range interface, a social contact registration logic configured to obtain information from a mobile communications device of a social contact via the short-range wireless transceiver, the information identifying the social contact and/or the mobile communications device of the social contact, a context detection logic configured to obtain, via the short-range wireless transceiver, data distinctive to and provided by a tag disposed in a location accessible via the short-range data transfer, the distinctive data being thus indicative of the current location-based context of the mobile communications device and the user thereof, and a conte

Abstract: A mobile device includes a processor and memory for processing and storing data, respectively, a wireless transceiver for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data relative to remote devices, a short-range wireless transceiver for wirelessly cooperating with a remote device equipped with a compatible short-range transmitter or transceiver, a virtual context detection logic configured to obtain, via the short-range wireless transceiver, data distinctive to and provided by a tag disposed in a location accessible by a user of the mobile communications device in the light of the range of short-range data transfer, the distinctive data being indicative of the virtual context, and a virtual context notification logic configured to transmit an indication of the virtual context to a remote entity, via the wireless transceiver so as to enable the remote entity, or a further entity connected thereto, to represent the user in a virtual environment according to the virtual context.