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20090150433 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Using Media Content as Awareness Cues - An apparatus for enabling the use of media content for providing awareness cues may include a processor. The processor may be configured to provide, to a network device, a query regarding a particular entity, receive a content item from the network device in response to the query, the content item being determined as a result of a search by the network device for content stored in association with a current location of the particular entity, and present the received content item. | 06-11-2009 |
20090153493 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USING MULTI-TOUCH TO TRANSFER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INFORMATION - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for differentiating between and transmitting different levels of information associated with an object or file depending upon a number of tactile inputs detected. In particular, a user can define a number of levels (e.g., of privacy, of detail, etc.) associated with items of information making up objects or files stored on his or her device. The user can then indicate which level of information (i.e., which items of information of the object or file) he or she would like to transmit by using a different number of fingers (or other selection devices) to select the object or file. The electronic device may, in response, determine the number of fingers (or other selection devices) used and then transmit only the corresponding portions (e.g., items of information) of the selected object or file. | 06-18-2009 |
20090161963 | METHOD. APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UTILIZING REAL-WORLD AFFORDANCES OF OBJECTS IN AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA DATA TO DETERMINE INTERACTIONS WITH THE ANNOTATIONS TO THE OBJECTS - An apparatus for determining interactions with annotations to objects based upon real-world affordances of the objects in audio-visual media data may include a processing element configured to receive image data describing one or more objects having real-world affordances, to identify the one or more objects having real-world affordances, and to create one or more semiotic regions by associating with the one or more objects interaction rules corresponding to the respective real-world affordances of the one or more objects. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164207 | User device having sequential multimodal output user interace - In one aspect of the exemplary embodiments of this invention an apparatus includes a user interface that contains a plurality of input modalities and a plurality of output modalities, and a data processor coupled with the user interface and configurable to present a user with a content item that includes a plurality of attributes. In response to user input that data processor is operable to partition at least some of the attributes into a plurality of presentation tokens, where an individual presentation token comprises at least one attribute. The data processor is further configurable to respond to further user input to define one of the plurality of input modalities to generate a trigger condition for individual ones of the presentation tokens, where generation of a trigger condition results in an associated presentation token being made manifest to the user. The plurality of input modalities may include two or more of physical or virtual keys, an input acoustic transducer, a speech recognition unit, and a gesture detection unit, and where the plurality of output modalities may include two or more of an output acoustic transducer, a speech synthesis unit, a vibro-tactile transducer, and a display screen. | 06-25-2009 |
20100094895 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Media Object - In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive information related to a media object, and automatically select at least one supplemental media object based at least in part on a competency of a user related to the media object is disclosed. | 04-15-2010 |
20100262616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - An approach is provided for modifying the image content of returned images resulting from a search query. The portions of each image that is unrelated to the search query is omitted or other wise obscured so as to reduce the amount of image data in the search results. Additionally, related advertising, hyperlinks, or other object can be combined with the image data to enhance the information returned to the user. | 10-14-2010 |
20110096992 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UTILIZING REAL-WORLD AFFORDANCES OF OBJECTS IN AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA DATA TO DETERMINE INTERACTIONS WITH THE ANNOTATIONS TO THE OBJECTS - An apparatus for determining interactions with annotations to objects based upon real-world affordances of the objects in audio-visual media data may include a processing element configured to receive image data describing one or more objects having real-world affordances, to identify the one or more objects having real-world affordances, and to create one or more semiotic regions by associating with the one or more objects interaction rules corresponding to the respective real-world affordances of the one or more objects. | 04-28-2011 |
20110307174 | NAVIGATION METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: a controller configured to determine locations of interest within a predetermined distance of a first location; a display configured to simultaneously present a map, a first bounded area of the map and a list of the determined locations of interest within the first bounded area; a user input device configured to enable a user to make a user input, wherein; the controller is configured to detect a user input and, in response to the detection of the user input, control the display to present a second bounded area of the map and update the list of the determined locations of interest so that locations of interest within the second bounded area are presented in the list. | 12-15-2011 |
20120113138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANNOTATING POINT OF INTEREST INFORMATION - An approach is provided for annotating point of interest information to structures. One or more representations of at least one structure are determined. One or more partitions of the at least one structure is determined based, at least in part, on one or more features of the one or more representations. One or more points of interest associated with the at least one structure are determined. One or more points of interest are determined to be rendered for presentation based, at least in part, on the one or more partitions. | 05-10-2012 |
20120218296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEATURE-BASED PRESENTATION OF CONTENT - An approach is provided for location-based presentation of content. A content service platform determines one or more representations of at least one structure. The content service platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more representations to determine one or more features of the one or more representations. The content service platform further causes, at least in part, designation of the one or more features as elements of a virtual display area, wherein the one or more representations comprise, at least in part, the virtual display area. The content service platform also causes, at least in part, presentation of one or more outputs of one or more applications, one or more services, or a combination thereof in the virtual display area. | 08-30-2012 |
20130086077 | Method and Apparatus for Associating Commenting Information with One or More Objects - An approach is provided for presenting a user interface and associating one or more commenting information with on one or more content items detected in one or more media items. Further, a user may associate one or more commenting information related to a point of interest/object wherein one or more content items associated with the point of interest/object may be retrieved and aggregated with the one or more commenting information. | 04-04-2013 |
20140022181 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Enabling User Input - An apparatus, method and computer program where the apparatus: includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program instructions; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: determine fluctuations in a signal provided by a capacitive sensor of a touch pad; wherein if the fluctuations are below a threshold the processor is configured to determine that an object is touching the touch pad. | 01-23-2014 |
20140221046 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A PARTY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of associating first data identifying a first party with second data to allow future recognition of the first party, including the steps of: conducting a telephone call with the first party; storing second data derived from the telephone call with the first party, the second data being different to the first data and characterizing a feature of the first party to allow future recognition of the first party; and associating the first data with the second data. | 08-07-2014 |
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20100125603 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Determining Media Item Privacy Settings - An apparatus for determining media item privacy settings may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive media item capture data associated with a media item. The media item capture data may include at least a capture location. The processor may also be configured to identify a privacy context that corresponds to the media item capture data. In this regard, the capture location of the media item capture data may be within a geographic zone of the privacy context. The processor may be further configured to determine a privacy setting for the media item based on the corresponding privacy context, and, in some embodiments, control access to the media item in accordance with the determined privacy setting. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 05-20-2010 |
20100198957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISION OF PROXIMITY NETWORKING ACTIVITY INFORMATION - Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in proximity networking activity. For example, nodes and/or other computers may record, receive, and/or provide information regarding proximity networking activity. As another example, nodes and/or other computers may act to inform their users of proximity networking activity instances. | 08-05-2010 |
20100287611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CAPTURED CONTENT - Provided are apparatuses and methods in a mobile communication and content capturing device for controlling ownership and use of captured content. A mobile device capturing content of a user of a target device may automatically request authorization to use and own the captured content from the target device and user. The mobile device may detect the target device by comparing metadata associated with the captured content with device information of a target device. Alternatively, the capture device may communicate with a server to facilitate the authorization request process. The capture device may further establish a piconet with one or more intermediate wireless devices to detect and request authorization from a target device outside of the capture device's wireless range. Tokens may further be implemented to reduce transmission and processing times of various communication information including authorization requests and content files. | 11-11-2010 |
20130097716 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING MEDIA ITEM PRIVACY SETTINGS - An apparatus for determining media item privacy settings may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive media item capture data associated with a media item. The media item capture data may include at least a capture location. The processor may also be configured to identify a privacy context that corresponds to the media item capture data. In this regard, the capture location of the media item capture data may be within a geographic zone of the privacy context. The processor may be further configured to determine a privacy setting for the media item based on the corresponding privacy context, and, in some embodiments,control access to the media item in accordance with the determined privacy setting. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 04-18-2013 |