1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of andor processing (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal, the (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:
a request for access to one or more user data items;
a processing of the request to determine one or more domains associated with the request;
one or more access rules associated with the one or more user data items, wherein the one or more access rules specify, at least in part, one or more criteria for determining one or more authorized domains, one or more users, or a combination thereof that have access rights to the one or more data items; and
at least one determination of whether to grant the access to the one or more user items based, at least in part, on a comparison of the one or more domains against the one or more criteria, the one or more access rules, or a combination thereof.
2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:
a filtering of the one or more user data items based, at least in part, on the comparison,
wherein the access comprises, at least in part, access to the one or more filtered user data items.
3. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:
a processing of one or more headers associated with the request to determine the one or more domains.
4. A method of claim 3, wherein the request is a cross-site Extensible Markup Language Hypertext Transfer Protocol Request (XMLHttpRequest).
5. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:
a processing of the request to determine one or more credentials associated with the one or more users;
an authentication of the one or more user credentials;
at least one determination of one or more grantable access rights based, at least in part, on the authentication of the one or more credentials; and
at least one determination of one or more effective access rights based, at least in part, on a comparison of the access of the request and the one or more grantable access rights.
6. A method of claim 5, wherein the one or more grantable access rights include, at least in part, a read access, a write access, a delete access, or a combination thereof.
7. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:
at least one determination to store the one or more user items in one or more online cloud components, one or more offline data stores, or a combination thereof.
8. A method of claim 7, wherein the (1) data andor (2) information andor (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:
a caching of the one or more user items from the one or more cloud components to respective ones of the one or more offline data stores based, at least in part, on the one or more domains,
wherein the respective ones of the one or more offline data stores are associated with respective ones of the one or more domains.
9. A method of claim 7, wherein the one or more offline data store includes at least one browser local storage.
10. A method of claim 1, wherein the request is from one or more services, one or more applications, or a combination thereof, and wherein the one or more access rules are maintained, at least in part, by one or more developers, one or more content stores, one or more third parties, or a combination thereof.
11. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
determine a request for access to one or more user data items;
process andor facilitate a processing of the request to determine one or more domains associated with the request;
determine one or more access rules associated with the one or more user data items, wherein the one or more access rules specify, at least in part, one or more criteria for determining one or more authorized domains, one or more users, or a combination thereof that have access rights to the one or more data items; and
determine whether to grant the access to the one or more user items based, at least in part, on a comparison of the one or more domains against the one or more criteria, the one or more access rules, or a combination thereof.
12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
cause, at least in part, a filtering of the one or more user data items based, at least in part, on the comparison,
wherein the access comprises, at least in part, access to the one or more filtered user data items.
13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
process andor facilitate a processing of one or more headers associated with the request to determine the one or more domains.
14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the request is a cross-site Extensible Markup Language Hypertext Transfer Protocol Request (XMLHttpRequest).
15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
process andor facilitate a processing of the request to determine one or more credentials associated with the one or more users;
authenticate the one or more user credentials;
determine one or more grantable access rights based, at least in part, on the authentication of the one or more credentials; and
determine one or more effective access rights based, at least in part, on a comparison of the access of the request and the one or more grantable access rights.
16. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the one or more grantable access rights include, at least in part, a read access, a write access, a delete access, or a combination thereof.
17. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
determine to store the one or more user items in one or more online cloud components, one or more offline data stores, or a combination thereof.
18. An apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:
cause, at least in part, a caching of the one or more user items from the one or more cloud components to respective ones of the one or more offline data stores based, at least in part, on the one or more domains,
wherein the respective ones of the one or more offline data stores are associated with respective ones of the one or more domains.
19. An apparatus of claim 17, wherein the one or more offline data store includes at least one browser local storage.
20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the request is from one or more services, one or more applications, or a combination thereof, and wherein the one or more access rules are maintained, at least in part, by one or more developers, one or more content stores, one or more third parties, or a combination thereof.
21-48. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A medical endoscope comprising:
an outer tube;
an image guide;
a fiber tube that encloses the image guide;
optical fibers disposed within the outer tube and outside of the fiber tube;
a window disposed at a distal opening of the fiber tube; and
an electric resistance heater for heating the window, wherein the electric resistance heater is a heating foil arranged proximate to the window on an outer surface of the fiber tube.
2. The endoscope according to claim 1, wherein a distal edge of the heating foil is located offset from a front face of the endoscope.
3. The endoscope according to claim 2, wherein a space between the front face of the endoscope and the distal edge of the heating foil is filled with a potting material.
4. The endoscope according to claim 1, wherein the fiber tube is metallic.
5. The endoscope according to claim 4, wherein a distal portion of the fiber tube contacts the window so as to conduct heat from the heating foil to the window via the fiber tube.
6. An insertion portion for a medical endoscope, the insertion portion comprising:
an outer tube;
an image guide;
a fiber tube that encloses the image guide;
optical fibers disposed within the outer tube and outside of the fiber tube;
a window disposed at a distal opening of the fiber tube; and
an electric resistance heater for heating the window, wherein the electric resistance heater is a heating foil arranged proximate to the window on an outer surface of the fiber tube.
7. The insertion portion according to claim 6, wherein a distal edge of the heating foil is located offset from a front face of the endoscope.
8. The insertion portion according to claim 7, wherein a space between the front face of the endoscope and the distal edge of the heating foil is filled with a potting material.
9. The insertion portion according to claim 6, wherein the fiber tube is metallic.
10. The insertion portion according to claim 9, wherein a distal portion of the fiber tube contacts the window so as to conduct heat from the heating foil to the window via the fiber tube.