Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110063301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL RENDERING OF A MAP - An approach is provided for customizing map presentations. A semantic mapping platform determines context information for rendering a map on a user device. The semantic mapping platform then classifies a plurality of objects available for display in the map based on a level of association of each of the objects with the context information. The semantic mapping platform also prioritizes rendering of the objects based on the classification and causes, at least in part, actions that result in the rendering of the objects in the map according to the prioritization. | 03-17-2011 |
20110130956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING CONTEXTUALLY APPROPRIATE NAVIGATION INSTRUCTIONS - An approach is provided for providing guidance information to a user. A request is received, from a device, for guidance information to a destination, wherein the guidance information includes, at least in part, instructions for following a route to the destination. A plurality of candidate reference points associated with the route are determined. One or more of the plurality of candidate reference points are selected to include in the instructions based on saliency of the one or more candidate reference points with respect to one or more comprehension parameters associated with a user. The instructions are generated based on the one or more selected reference points. The comprehension parameters relate to the ability of the user to recognize the selected one or more reference points. | 06-02-2011 |
20120112908 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Notifications - An approach is provided for managing and rendering notifications (i.e., notifications from one or more sources). A notification manager receives one or more requests for rendering one or more notifications at a device. In response to the one or more requests, the notification manager determines one or more notification policies at a device. Further, the notification manager determines one or more schedules for rendering the one or more notifications and causes, at least in part, rendering of the one or more notifications. | 05-10-2012 |
20120192252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORIZING A USER OR A USER DEVICE BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - A method comprises receiving a request for generating a challenge for a device or a user of the device. The method also comprises determining location information associated with the device. The method further comprises determining one or more characteristics that are detectable based, at least in part, on the location information. Furthermore, the method comprises generating the challenge based, at least in part, the one or more characteristics. | 07-26-2012 |
20120203491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT-AWARE CONTROL OF SENSORS AND SENSOR DATA - An approach is provided for context-aware control of sensors and sensor data. A sensor manager determines context information based, at least in part, on one or more sensors. The sensor manager also determines resource consumption information associated with a one or more other sensors, one or more functions of the one or more other sensors, or a combination thereof. The sensor manager then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the context information and the resource consumption information to determine at least one operational state associated with the one or more other sensors, the one or more functions of the one or more other sensors, or a combination thereof. | 08-09-2012 |
20130055254 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL MACHINE WITH DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF A PHYSICAL HARDWARE RESOURCE - Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing a virtual machine with dynamic direct assignment of a physical hardware resource. A method may include providing a virtual machine with a directly assigned physical hardware resource and an emulated hardware resource corresponding to the directly assigned physical hardware resource. The method may further include causing the virtual machine to hot-swap from using the directly assigned physical hardware resource to using the emulated hardware resource. The method may additionally include, subsequent to causing the virtual machine to hot-swap to using the emulated hardware resource, causing the directly assigned physical hardware resource to be hot-removed from the virtual machine Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 02-28-2013 |
20130072260 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING SHARING DEVICE CONNECTIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating sharing device connections across multiple physical and/or virtual (logical) computers. A method may include receiving a USB device request from a virtual host controller driver of a client when a host is not in a power save mode and passing a USB device request to a host controller driver of the client when the host is in a power save mode. A method may also include activating a sharing switch of a host controller to connect a device connection port to the host when the host is not in a power save mode and to connect the device connection port to the client when the host is in a power save mode. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 03-21-2013 |
20130120265 | Keypad with Electrotactile Feedback - An apparatus including a keypad, pressure sensors and electrotactile feedback electrodes. The keypad includes a plurality of keys. Each of the keys has a top surface. The pressure sensors are located under the top surfaces of the keys. The electrotactile feedback electrodes are located at the top surfaces of the keys. | 05-16-2013 |
20130312070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-PARTY CAPTCHA - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving at least one request for generating a challenge from at least one device; generating the challenge with at least two components; transmitting component of the challenge to the at least one device; causing presentation of at least part of the challenge to at least two users; causing communication between said at least two users; and receiving at least two responses to the challenge from the at least one device. Related apparatus and computer program product are also described. | 11-21-2013 |
20140150521 | System and Method for Calibrating Inertial Measurement Units - Inertial measurement units attached to a non-rigid body may measure a common motion event when the body changes direction of travel. Acceleration measurements made by the inertial measurement units of the event are used to determine a common reference direction which in turn can be used to derive, individually for each inertial measurement unit, a new orientation intended to be a better representation of the actual orientation of the inertial measurement unit. | 06-05-2014 |
20140163412 | MYOGRAPHY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A myography system and method can compensate for background noise in order to analyze data indicative of muscle contraction. Compensating for background noise may include any of: removing a model of the actual background noise from frequency data obtained from a myography sensor, identifying which myography sensor from among a plurality of myography sensors is located at a muscle likely undergoing contraction, and narrowing the analysis to searching for the type of muscular contraction (e.g., concentric, isometric, or eccentric) that is likely to be occurring. A model of the actual background noise can be obtained through use of myography sensors on different parts of the moving body. The muscles which are likely to be under contraction and the types of muscle contraction that are likely to be occurring at those muscles can be identified through use of motion capture devices, such as imaging devices and inertial measurement units. | 06-12-2014 |