Method and apparatus for providing shared annotations and recall of geospatial information

• US 10,025,771 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: MacFarlane, Jane, Barnes, Craig
• Primary Examiner(s): DRAGOESCU, CLAUDIA B
• Application Number:
  US14/706,494
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1086 session scope modification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

An approach is provided for sharing annotations and recalling geospatial information. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of communication information exchanged between a plurality of devices engaged in a communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of geospatial information from the communication information. The approach also involves determining whether the geospatial information meet, at least in part, one or more logic thresholds. The one or more logic thresholds are for determining a potential relevance of the geospatial information to the communication session, the plurality of devices, one or more users of the plurality of devices, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a presentation of the geospatial information to the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

processing communication information exchanged between a plurality of devices engaged in a communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of geospatial information from the communication information;

determining whether the geospatial information meet, at least in part, one or more logic thresholds, wherein the one or more logic thresholds are for determining a potential relevance of the geospatial information to the communication session, the plurality of devices, one or more users of the plurality of devices, or a combination thereof; and

causing, at least in part, a presentation of the geospatial information to at least one of the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination,

wherein the geospatial information includes one or more of a name of a point of interest, a particular route, and a particular geographic location; and

determining one or more annotations associated with the geospatial information;

wherein the presentation of the geospatial information includes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more annotations to at least one of the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof, and

wherein the one or more annotations are determined based on user information or historical experience information associated with the geospatial information.

2. A method of claim 1,

wherein one or more logic thresholds include, at least in part, a predetermined number of times the geospatial information is mentioned during the communication session, and

wherein the communication session comprises at least one of voice calling, video calling, and texting between the plurality of devices.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more logic thresholds include, at least in part, one or more semantic rules for determining at least one context associated with the geospatial information with respect to the communication session.

4. A method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining user preference information for the geospatial information based, at least in part, on the at least one context, the one or more semantic rules, or a combination thereof,

wherein the determination of whether the geospatial information meets, at least in part, the one or more logic thresholds is based, at least in part, on the user preference information.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the parsing of the geospatial information, the presentation of the geospatial information, or a combination thereof is performed in real-time during the communication session.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more annotations are determined by a manual user input, an automatic determination, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the presentation of the geospatial information is via one or more mapping applications, one or more mapping user interfaces, or a combination executing respectively on the plurality of devices.

8. 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,

process communication information exchanged between a plurality of devices engaged in a communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of geospatial information from the communication information;

determine whether the geospatial information meet, at least in part, one or more logic thresholds, wherein the one or more logic thresholds are for determining a potential relevance of the geospatial information to the communication session, the plurality of devices, one or more users of the plurality of devices, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the geospatial information to at least one of the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination,

wherein the geospatial information includes one or more of a name of a point of interest, a particular route, and a particular geographic location; and

determine one or more annotations associated with the geospatial information;

wherein the presentation of the geospatial information includes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more annotations to at least one of the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof, and

wherein the one or more annotations are determined based on user information or historical experience information associated with the geospatial information.

9. An apparatus of claim 8,

wherein one or more logic thresholds include, at least in part, a predetermined number of times the geospatial information is mentioned during the communication session, and

wherein the communication session comprises at least one of voice calling, video calling, and texting between the plurality of devices.

10. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more logic thresholds include, at least in part, one or more semantic rules for determining at least one context associated with the geospatial information with respect to the communication session.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine user preference information for the geospatial information based, at least in part, on the at least one context, the one or more semantic rules, or a combination thereof,

wherein the determination of whether the geospatial information meets, at least in part, the one or more logic thresholds is based, at least in part, on the user preference information.

12. An apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more annotations are determined by a manual user input, an automatic determination, or a combination thereof.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

processing communication information exchanged between a plurality of devices engaged in a communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of geospatial information from the communication information;

determining whether the geospatial information meet, at least in part, one or more logic thresholds, wherein the one or more logic thresholds are for determining a potential relevance of the geospatial information to the communication session, the plurality of devices, one or more users of the plurality of devices, or a combination thereof; and

causing, at least in part, a presentation of the geospatial information to at least one of the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the determination,

wherein the geospatial information includes one or more of a name of a point of interest, a particular route, and a particular geographic location; and

determining one or more annotations associated with the geospatial information;

wherein the presentation of the geospatial information includes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more annotations to at least one of the plurality of devices, the one or more users, or a combination thereof, and

wherein the one or more annotations are determined based on user information or historical experience information associated with the geospatial information.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the one or more logic thresholds include, at least in part, one or more semantic rules for determining at least one context associated with the geospatial information with respect to the communication session.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, further comprising:

determining user preference information for the geospatial information based, at least in part, on the at least one context, the one or more semantic rules, or a combination thereof,

wherein the determination of whether the geospatial information meet, at least in part, the one or more logic thresholds is based, at least in part, on the user preference information.