Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080236371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MUSIC DATA REPETITION FUNCTIONALITY - Systems and methods applicable, for example, in music data repetition functionality. Timbral feature calculation and/or pitch feature calculation might, for instance, be performed. One or more self matrices might, for example, be calculated. A combined matrix might, for instance, be created. One or more music data repetition candidates might, for example, be selected. Candidate refinement might, for instance, be performed. A final choice for the music data repetition corresponding to the music data might, for example, be determined. | 10-02-2008 |
20080250315 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION FOR ACCESSING AND REPRESENTING MEDIA FILES - A method, an electronic device, and a computer program product are provided for creating a graphical presentation for accessing and representing one or more media files. According to one embodiment, the method includes analyzing one or more media files associated with a user and generating at least one graphical representation representative of the one or more media files. The method further includes enabling a selection of at least a portion of the at least one graphical representation in order to access the one or more media files. | 10-09-2008 |
20080268911 | Method and Device for Embedding Event Notification Into Multimedia Content - The present invention provides a method and a device for embedding event notification into multimedia content being reproduced on an electronic device. The method comprises reproducing multimedia content on said electronic device, detecting an event requiring notification of a user of said electronic device and responsive thereto applying a modification to said reproduction of said multimedia content, according to said event, wherein said modification achieves a user-perceivable variation in said reproduced multimedia content. | 10-30-2008 |
20090005022 | Methods, Apparatuses and Computer Program Products for Providing a Party Defined Theme - An apparatus for providing a party defined theme may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of a communication between parties comprising an initiator and a receiver of the communication, identify theme information associated with and defined by one of the parties, and render the identified theme information at the other of the parties in response to receipt of the indication. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005141 | Personalized Multiplayer Media Game or Quiz - A method, apparatus, computer program product and system are provided for providing a multiplayer media trivia quiz or game that generates and provides personalized questions on the fly. In particular, each time a new quiz or game commences, the media files (e.g., music, video, etc.) stored on each of the players' electronic devices may be analyzed in order to find out in which music, videos, and the like, each of the players is interested and/or has knowledge. This information may then be used to generate trivia questions that are more specific to the people playing the game at that moment. The information may be gathered and new questions may be generated each time a player commences a new game, thus taking into consideration changes in the players' tastes and media collections, as well as preventing the players from learning and possibly memorizing the questions provided. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006397 | Systems, Methods, Devices and Computer Program Products for Providing Media Recommendation Trekking - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided to generate a playlist or other sequential list of media items in a game-like manner. A starting media item and a target media item may be initially selected. The system recommends a plurality of media items based on the starting media item. The user selects a media item from these recommendations. The system then recommends another plurality of media items based on the user-selected media item. The user then selects a media item from these recommendations. This process continues until the system recommends and the user selects the target media item. The user generally desires to minimize the steps required to traverse a media collection from the starting media item to the target media item. The path that the user takes to reach the target media item can be stored as a playlist or other sequential list of media items. | 01-01-2009 |
20090067605 | Video Sequence for a Musical Alert - A method of creating a video sequence for display in synchronization with a musical alert including selecting one or more images; modifying the one or more selected images in dependence upon musical metadata for the musical alert to create a video sequence, wherein the extent and/or type of modification is dependent upon the musical metadata; and playing the video sequence with the musical alert. | 03-12-2009 |
20090118020 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING GAME CONTENT INCLUDING DOWNLOAD THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to methods and devices as well as handheld stations and computer program products for sending video game content to handheld mobile terminals, comprising broadcasting common video game content to handheld mobile communication terminals via a digital video broadcast handheld channel, to enable said handheld mobile terminals to execute video game applications. | 05-07-2009 |
20090171559 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Instructions to a Destination that is Revealed Upon Arrival - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 07-02-2009 |
20090199697 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING MUSIC RECOMMENDATION TREKKING - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided to allow a user to generate a playlist in a game-like manner. A starting song and a target song may be initially selected. The computer system recommends a plurality of songs based on the starting song. The user selects a song from these recommendations. The system then recommends another plurality of songs based on the user-selected song. The user then selects a song from these recommendations and the system recommends yet another plurality of songs based on the new user-selected song. This process continues until the system recommends and the user selects the target song. The user generally desires minimize the steps required to traverse a music collection from the starting song to the target song. The path that the user takes to reach the target song can be stored as a playlist. | 08-13-2009 |
20090307594 | Adaptive User Interface - A method comprising: obtaining music information that defines at least one characteristic of audible music; and controlling changes to an appearance of a graphical user interface using the music information. | 12-10-2009 |
20100042932 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INDICATIONS REGARDING RECOMMENDED CONTENT - An apparatus for providing indications regarding recommended content may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive an indication of a recommended content item, determine a recommendation criteria associated with the recommended content item, select a graphical symbol for presentation in association with the recommended content item in which the graphical symbol is indicative of the recommendation criteria associated with the recommended content item, and provide for display of the graphical symbol. | 02-18-2010 |
20100087209 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Providing Access to a Media Item Based at Least in Part on a Route - An apparatus for providing access to a media item based at least in part on a route may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a start location of a mobile device. The processor may be further configured to receive a route. In this regard, the route may have been determined based at least in part on points of interest and the start location. The processor may be further configured to provide for access to a media item if a current location of the mobile device remains on the route. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 04-08-2010 |
20100088327 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Identifying Media Item Similarities - An apparatus for identifying media item similarities may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a modified playlist. The modified playlist may include representations of original playlist media items and a representation of a target media item. The modification to the playlist may involve the introduction of the representation of the target media item to the playlist. The processor may also be configured to modify a recommendation engine based on feedback generated in response to the target media item having been played as part of the modified playlist. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 04-08-2010 |
20100251094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS DURING CONTENT RENDERING - An approach is provided for selecting comments to present when rendering content such as music, images, video, games and other digital media. The approach includes determining a preference of a user for types of expressions presented as comments. Content received for rendering on a device of the user is determined. A comment about the content, based on the preference of the user, is automatically presented on the device in response to the content being received for rendering. In some embodiments an entity is determined to which the comment is attributed, and an identifier for the entity, such as an avatar, is also presented on the device when the content is being rendered to represent that the identified entity is providing the comment. In various embodiments, the entity is a default commentator, a celebrity or a contact of the user. | 09-30-2010 |
20100331047 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING GENERATION AND EDITING OF MULTIFRAME IMAGES - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating generation and editing of multiframe images. A method may include grouping a plurality of images into one or more groups of images. Each group of images may comprise a plurality of images depicting a common scene. The method may further include determining a reference image for at least one of the one or more groups of images. Each reference image may be associated with a respective group for which it was determined. The method may additionally include causing at least one reference image to be displayed to a user such that the user is enabled to select a displayed reference image to enhance using multiframe image processing to generate a multiframe image from a plurality of images from the group of images with which the selected displayed reference image is associated. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 12-30-2010 |
20110077861 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THEMATICALLY MODIFYING LOCATION AND RELATED INFORMATION - An approach is provided for thematically modifying location and related information. A location modification platform determines location information of a device associated with a first user. The location modification platform then modifies the location information to indicate a location other than an actual location of the device according to a predetermined theme and causes, at least in part, actions that result in presentation of the modified location information to a second user. | 03-31-2011 |
20110128906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY RECEIVING COMMUNICATION - An approach is provided for selectively receiving communication from a sender. After the communication platform receives a communication from a user device, the communication platform generates a request for an action to be performed by a user via the user device and transmits the request to the user device. Then, the communication platform receives, from the user device, a response relating to the action, and evaluates the response for treatment of the communication. | 06-02-2011 |
20110202603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OBJECT BASED MEDIA MIXING - An apparatus for providing object based media mixing may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving an indication of shared content to be provided to a plurality of group members, receiving a selection of a region of interest within the shared content, receiving social interaction media associated with at least one of the group members, and mixing the shared content with the social interaction media to provide mixed content. The mixed content may be dynamically modified to avoid overlaying the social interaction media over the region of interest. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 08-18-2011 |
20110243449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION WITHIN A MEDIA FILE USING DEVICE IDENTIFICATION - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are therefore provided for identifying a person or people in a media file by using object recognition and near-field communication to detect nearby devices that may be associated with a person or people featured in the media file. Associating a nearby device with a person or people featured in a media file may add to the confidence level with which a person is identified within a media file using object recognition, which may include facial recognition and/or speaker recognition. | 10-06-2011 |
20120102066 | Method, Devices and a Service for Searching - A method, devices and an internet service is disclosed for carrying out an improved search. Audio features formed from audio data are associated with the image data. The audio features are formed by applying a transform to the audio data, for example to form mel-frequency cepstral coefficients from the audio data. A search criterion for the audio features is specified in addition to a search criterion for the image data. A search is carried out to find image data, and the search criterion for the audio features is used in the search. | 04-26-2012 |
20120158281 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Instructions to a Destination that is Revealed Upon Arrival - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163606 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Audio Signals - An apparatus ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120231817 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A MEDIA ITEM BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON A ROUTE - An apparatus for providing access to a media item based at least in part on a route may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a start location of a mobile device. The processor may be further configured to receive a route. In this regard, the route may have been determined based at least in part on points of interest and the start location. The processor may be further configured to provide for access to a media item if a current location of the mobile device remains on the route. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 09-13-2012 |
20120327091 | Gestural Messages in Social Phonebook - A method and a system is offered to enable communicating a status of a user ( | 12-27-2012 |
20130053069 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT UTILIZING FEATURES OBTAINED BY MULTIPLE RADIO RECEIVERS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the determination of the environmental context of a mobile terminal. In this regard, the method, apparatus and computer program product may utilize the features obtained by a plurality of different types of radio receivers in order to more precisely determine the environmental context of the mobile terminal. The performance of the mobile terminal including applications executed by the mobile terminal may correspondingly be more accurately tailored to the current environmental context of the mobile terminal. | 02-28-2013 |
20130057394 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Context Sensing and Fusion - A method for providing context sensing and fusion may include receiving physical sensor data extracted from one or more physical sensors, receiving virtual sensor data extracted from one or more virtual sensors, and performing context fusion of the physical sensor data and the virtual sensor data at an operating system level. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 03-07-2013 |
20130184007 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTEXT DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for context determination. A method may include determining a location identifier. The location identifier may be indicative of a location of an apparatus. The method may further include determining a location cluster based at least in part on the location identifier. The method may additionally include determining a first probability for each of one or more contexts based at least in part on the determined location cluster. The method may also include determining a context of the apparatus based at least in part on the determined first probability. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 07-18-2013 |
20130226850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A CONTEXT MODEL - A method, devices, computer program products and an internet service is disclosed for adapting a context model. In the method a media clip is received. Also sensor data captured at least partly when the media clip was captured is received. A context is derived using a context model based at least partly on the sensor data and an indication on the context is provided to a user. Feedback on the relevance of the context is received from the user. Based on the feedback, the context model may then be adapted. | 08-29-2013 |
20130238535 | ADAPTATION OF CONTEXT MODELS - There is disclosed a method including receiving sensor data extracted from one or more physical sensors, using the extracted sensor data and a context model to perform a first level context determination, and examining the at least one condition. If the examining indicated that the at least one condition was fulfilled, the context model is adapted on the basis of the sensor data, otherwise adaptation data formed on the basis of the sensor data is provided to a second level context determination. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 09-12-2013 |
20130242106 | MULTICAMERA FOR CROWDSOURCED VIDEO SERVICES WITH AUGMENTED REALITY GUIDING SYSTEM - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code may be configured to determine at least one desired media content to be captured. The apparatus may be configured to cause information regarding a request to be transmitted to at least two media capturing devices to capture media content at distinct positions. The apparatus may be configured to receive information regarding the captured media content captured by the media capturing devices. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246192 | SYSTEM FOR ENABLING AND INCENTIVIZING ADVERTISEMENTS IN CROWDSOURCED VIDEO SERVICES - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory, computer program code, and processor configured to cause the apparatus to receive a first media content that is being captured by the apparatus. The apparatus may be configured to receive an insertion indication from the user of a portion of the first media content at which a second media content is to be inserted to enable a combination of the second media content with the first media content. The apparatus may be configured to cause the first media content and at least one of the insertion indication or a composite media content comprising the first media and second media content to be transmitted. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 09-19-2013 |
20130289754 | Methods And Apparatus For Audio Processing - Systems and techniques for determining characteristics to be exhibited by a sound phrase. A user draws traces on an input device indicating characteristics, such as duration and direction, of sounds such as sounds to be captured by a microphone array. In response to the user inputs, signals from the microphone array are processed to produce a signal exhibiting the characteristics. The signal is stored to create a sound phrase, and the sound phrase may later be played. Additional inputs may be received specifying a direction from which the sound phrase is to be played, or playback may come from a default direction. Further inputs may be received during playback to control characteristics of the playback. In addition to specifying characteristics to be imparted to recorded or stored phrases, user inputs may specify characteristics for generated sounds or may specify characteristics to be exhibited by sounds being played. | 10-31-2013 |
20130332837 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SOUND MANAGEMENT - Systems and techniques for location based sound management. Information associated with a display is defined or selected based on user inputs and sounds associated with responsive locations of the display. Defining of the information associated with the display may be based at least in part on user touches to a touch screen display. Parameters for playback are also selected, such as a number of audio channels, based on user inputs that may similarly comprise user touches to the touch screen display. Playback parameters may be changed during playback based on user inputs occurring during playback. | 12-12-2013 |
20130338913 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO A DESTINATION THAT IS REVEALED UPON ARRIVAL - An apparatus for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 12-19-2013 |
20140006397 | Methods and Apparatus for Multimedia Creation | 01-02-2014 |
20140063057 | SYSTEM FOR GUIDING USERS IN CROWDSOURCED VIDEO SERVICES - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code may be configured to receive data corresponding to a first media content from a user captured by a first media capturing device. The apparatus may be configured to determine at least one media capturing parameter of the first media content to be changed. The apparatus may be configured to cause information regarding the media capturing parameter of the first media content to be changed to be transmitted to at least the first media capturing device. The apparatus may be configured to receive a second media content from a user captured by the first media capturing device, wherein the second media content differs from the first media content by at least the media capturing parameter to be changed. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 03-06-2014 |
20140136696 | Context Extraction - There is disclosed a method comprising receiving identifier data relating to a communication network; examining a set of identifier data to identify number of different identifier data in the set of location data; on the basis of the examining determining a status of an apparatus; and if the examining indicates that the status of the apparatus is a first state, examining context data relating to the first state to determine the current context of the apparatus. There is also disclosed a computer program comprising computer-executable program code portions stored therein, comprising program code instructions for performing the method. There is further disclosed an apparatus comprising a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to performing the method. | 05-15-2014 |
20140254817 | Orientation Free Handsfree Device - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided to indicate or automatically configure headphone channel orientation based on a physical orientation determination. An apparatus is provided that is configured to at least determine an orientation of the headphone device; analyze the determined orientation; and provide an indication of the determined orientation or adjust the output channel configuration of the apparatus for the headphone device. The apparatus may be further configured to determine the orientation of the headphone device based on at least one of: a head turn position; a direction of one or more audio signals; a direction of movement, wherein the movement is determined based on a determination of acceleration or trajectory of the headphone device; two or more compass data, wherein at least one compass is located in each of the apparatus and the headphone device; and a difference in characteristics of one or more audio signals. | 09-11-2014 |
20140313365 | VIRTUAL PRESENCE SYSTEM - A method comprising capturing, by a device equipped with a first camera, at least one image about an object of interest; determining at least one of location and orientation information of the device; retrieving, on the basis of at least one of said at least one image and said location and orientation information, at least one image of the object of interest from a service comprising media associated with location information; capturing, by a second camera, at least one image about an object currently locating in the vicinity of the object of interest; creating a cropped image from the at least one image about said object, the cropped image comprising at least a cropped portion of said object; and embedding the cropped image of said object to the at least one image of the object of interest retrieved from said service. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324745 | METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR CONTEXT RECOGNITION - Various embodiments relate to a context recognition. Classification of a context is performed by using features received from at least one sensor of a client device, and model parameters being defined by a training data to output a result and a likelihood of the context. The result is shown to the user, who provides feedback regarding the result. The features, result, likelihood, and the feedback are stored, whereby the model parameters are adapted using the features, result, likelihood and the feedback to obtain adapted model parameters. The result, likelihood and the feedback can also be used for performing confidence estimation to obtain a confidence value. The confidence value can then be used for performing an action, e.g. adding a new sensor, adding a new feature, changing a device profile, launching an application. | 10-30-2014 |
20140327779 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CROWDSOURCED VIDEO - A method, apparatus and computer program products are provided for providing video data. One example method includes receiving sensor data from one or more mobile terminals, analyzing the sensor data to determine whether to utilize video data captured by or able to be captured by at least one mobile terminal, and generating video content comprising video data captured by at least one mobile terminal. The video content may be a real time video broadcast, comprising live or near live data during one or more periods of time when a mobile terminal is able to capture a target and previously recorded video data of one or more events during one or more periods of time when a mobile terminal is not capturing the target. | 11-06-2014 |
20140372036 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO A DESTINATION THAT IS REVEALED UPON ARRIVAL - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing instructions to a destination that is revealed upon arrival. The apparatus may include a processor and the processor may be configured to receive indications of context associated with a user, determine a destination for the user based on the context and user information, provide for a presentation of guidance instructions to guide the user to the destination, and reveal the destination to the user only when the user is proximate to the destination. | 12-18-2014 |
20150039632 | Media Tagging - The invention relates to media tagging of a media content. At least one media tag is determined on the basis of obtained context recognition data formed prior to and after a time point of capturing of the media content. Determined at least one media tag is associated with said media content. | 02-05-2015 |
20150081699 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Capturing Media Items - An apparatus, method and computer program, the method comprising:
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20150088625 | METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROMOTING THE APPARATUS - The invention concerns a method for promoting a device ( | 03-26-2015 |