Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for handling limited or unavailable uplink (UL). One method may include receiving, from a user equipment, an indication that uplink transmission is limited or unavailable.

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: detecting, by a first network node from a user equipment, a connection request to a first radio access technology, RAT; determining, before the user equipment is switched to a connected state in the first RAT, whether a second RAT is more suitable to serve the user equipment than the first RAT; and upon deciding that the second RAT is more suitable, providing the user equipment with connection information of the second RAT, wherein the connection information causes the user equipment to directly connect with the second RAT instead of the first RAT.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for handling limited or unavailable uplink (UL). One method may include receiving, from a user equipment, an indication that uplink transmission is limited or unavailable.

Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: detecting, by a first network node from a user equipment, a connection request to a first radio access technology, RAT; determining, before the user equipment is switched to a connected state in the first RAT, whether a second RAT is more suitable to serve the user equipment than the first RAT; and upon deciding that the second RAT is more suitable, providing the user equipment with connection information of the second RAT, wherein the connection information causes the user equipment to directly connect with the second RAT instead of the first RAT.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: sending, by a user equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message triggers transition of the user equipment from an RRC inactive state to an RRC connected state, wherein the RRC message is interpreted as a radio access network notification area (RNA) update; and receiving, by the user equipment, an RRC response message. The RRC message comprises a cause value indicating a combined RNA update with a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: sending, by a user equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message triggers transition of the user equipment from an RRC inactive state to an RRC connected state, wherein the RRC message is interpreted as a radio access network notification area (RNA) update; and receiving, by the user equipment, an RRC response message. The RRC message comprises a cause value indicating a combined RNA update with a non-access stratum (NAS) message.

Abstract: A computing device may provide a credential related to a service. Responsive to a validation of the credential, an identification of the service may be added to a contact listing associated with the computing device. Thereafter, a user of the computing device may select the service from the contact listing in order to upload a content object to the service. Similarly, the user of the computing device may select one or more peer devices from the contact listing. Responsive to the peer device selections, the content object may be transmitted to the one or more peer devices.

Abstract: Associating user identities with a network service involves detecting, at a first device, a subscriber identity previously associated with a second device. The second device was used to register a user identity with a network service, and the user identity includes a phone number of the second device and an account identifier generated by the network service for use with the second device. The network service is accessed from the first device and the first device receives a new identifier from the service. The first device registers with the service via a communication channel that utilizes a phone number of the first device to establish communication. In response to the phone number of the first device matching the phone number of the second device, the first device accesses the service using the user identity associated with the second device.

Abstract: A computing device may provide a credential related to a service. Responsive to a validation of the credential, an identification of the service may be added to a contact listing associated with the computing device. Thereafter, a user of the computing device may select the service from the contact listing in order to upload a content object to the service. Similarly, the user of the computing device may select one or more peer devices from the contact listing. Responsive to the peer device selections, the content object may be transmitted to the one or more peer devices.

Abstract: Associating user identities with a network service involves detecting, at a first device, a subscriber identity previously associated with a second device. The second device was used to register a user identity with a network service, and the user identity includes a phone number of the second device and an account identifier generated by the network service for use with the second device. The network service is accessed from the first device and the first device receives a new identifier from the service. The first device registers with the service via a communication channel that utilizes a phone number of the first device to establish communication. In response to the phone number of the first device matching the phone number of the second device, the first device accesses the service using the user identity associated with the second device.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing presentation of content items of a media collection may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to provide for a rendering of a content item having at least a first attribute and a second attribute, enable a user to access other content items related to the content item by the first attribute using a first scrolling function oriented with respect to a first axis, and enable the user to access further content items related to the content item by the second attribute using a second scrolling function oriented with respect to a second axis.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing internationalization of content tagging may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of content with respect to which a function is being performed, determine whether to translate metadata associated with the content, and translate the metadata based on the determination.

Abstract: A system and method for providing animated browser thumbnails for use in a browser. The actions of a user on a particular web page can be recorded and saved by the system as a bookmark and/or other historical item in the browser's browsing history. When the user later decides to scroll through saved bookmarks and/or the browsing history, the browser exhibits the thumbnail to the user in an animated form, playing the user's prior actions back to the user.