Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120303452 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Context Attributes and Informational Links for Media Data - Various embodiments include a method including receiving media data on an apparatus, and receiving one or more context attributes related to the apparatus or accessed by the apparatus. The method further includes determining whether the one or more context attributes relate to the media data, and causing, at least in part, display of the media data with the one or more context attributes that are determined to relate to the media data. Also, a method is provided that includes receiving media data on an apparatus, parsing the media data into one or more structured elements, determining one or more informational links that relate to the one or more structured elements of the media data, and causing, at least in part, display of the media data with the one or more informational links that are determined to relate to the one or more structured elements. | 11-29-2012 |
20130185359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTEXT-BASED GROUPING - An approach is provided for determining context-based groups based on context information. An input from a device specifying one or more criteria to determine a context-based group from among a plurality of other devices is received. The context information associated with the plurality of other devices is determined. The context-based group is determined based, at least in part, on the context information and the criteria. | 07-18-2013 |
20130332527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING A GROUP EVENT - An approach is provided for organizing a group event. An input from a device specifying a group event is received. A location associated with the group event is determined. One or more other devices within a proximity of the location are determined. A notification of the group event to the one or more other devices is generated. | 12-12-2013 |
20140095496 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER-CORRECTED SEARCH RESULTS - An approach is provided for providing user-corrected search results. The explanation platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more search results to calculate a ranking of the one or more search results. Next, the explanation platform determines one or more parameters related to calculating the ranking, one or more values of the one or more parameters, or a combination thereof. Then, the explanation platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of one or more representations of at least one of the one or more parameters as one or more explanations for the ranking. | 04-03-2014 |
20140330865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADDRESS GEO-CODING - An approach is provided for providing address geo-coding that enhances query result quality while increasing the flexibility of textual query strings. A geo-coding platform determines a request for geo-coding information, wherein the request is from a client to at least one geo-coding knowledge base and specifies at least one textual input. The geo-coding platform further causes, at least in part, a generation of at least one geo-coding request based, at least in part, on the at least one textual input. The geo-coding platform also determines to transmit the at least one geo-coding request to the at least one geo-coding knowledge base, one or more other geo-coding knowledge bases, or a combination thereof. | 11-06-2014 |
20150058128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED RINGTONE ADVERTISEMENTS - An approach is provided for sending a neighborhood-based ringtone advertisement. The approach involves receiving a ringtone request from a mobile communication device, wherein contextual information of the mobile communication device is determined and processed. The approach also involves determining the neighboring mobile communication devices, and then determining and processing the contextual information associated with the neighboring mobile communication devices. The approach further involves determining a ringtone that has the best influence on the users of the request sending mobile communication device, and the users of the neighboring mobile communication devices. Then, a neighborhood-based ringtone advertisement is selected. | 02-26-2015 |
20150142822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CROWD-SOURCED GEOCODING - An approach is provided for providing crowd-sourced location geocoding. A geocoding platform determines one or more location strings associated with at least one event, wherein the at least one event is associated with one or more users. The geocoding platform further causes, at least in part, a geocoding of the one or more location strings to determine location information associated with the at least one event based, at least in part, on one or more inputs, contextual information, a combination thereof associated with the one or more users. | 05-21-2015 |
20150195692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DEVICE RINGTONE COORDINATION - An approach is provided for providing device ringtone coordination. The approach involves determining a request for a playback of at least one ringtone at at least one device, wherein the playback is for a notification of at least one event. The approach also involves causing, at least in part, a coordination of the playback of the at least one ringtone among the at least one device, one or more other devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on a determination of whether the one or more other devices are to be notified of the at least one event. | 07-09-2015 |