Device dream application for a mobile terminal

• US 20060277467A1
• Filed: 06/01/2005
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Reponen, Erika, Mattila, Jouka
• Granted Patent: US 7,543,233 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/708
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

The invention provides a method, computer program product and device for generating a dream-like multimedia presentation, which can be displayed on a mobile terminal, or other digital device, based at least in part on contextual information relating to the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal user. The presentation provides the user with a snapshot of information that appears to be more important to the user at a given period of time, as well as information that may have been forgotten by the user over time, and does so in a manner that is somehow reflective of the user'"'"'s presumed mood.

Claims

1. A method of creating a presentation for a mobile terminal, said presentation based at least in part on a plurality of context data elements accessible by said mobile terminal, said method comprising:

determining a relative importance of respective context data elements from among said plurality of context data elements;

selecting a combination of one or more data elements, wherein at least a portion of said combination is selected based on said relative importance of said respective context data elements; and

generating said presentation, wherein said presentation comprises said combination of one or more data elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the combination comprises randomly selecting one or more data elements, such that a first portion of said presentation comprises one or more data elements selected based on said relative importance of said respective context data elements, and a second portion of said presentation comprises one or more randomly selected data elements.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

determining a ratio of said one or more data elements in said first portion of said presentation to said one or more data elements in said second portion based on said relative importance of said respective context data elements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the relative importance comprises determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a number of instances that the respective context data element has been utilized.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the relative importance comprises determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a level of significance associated with the respective context data element.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a relative importance comprises determining a relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a period of time associated with the respective context data element.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein generating said presentation comprises generating a multimedia presentation comprising a combination of one or more media components.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

determining a mood associated with a user of said mobile terminal,

wherein generating said multimedia presentation comprises compiling said combination of one or more data elements with said one or more media components in a manner that is reflective of said mood.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein determining said mood associated with said user comprises analyzing one or more context data elements that correspond to a specified period of time and selecting said mood from a plurality of pre-defined moods based on said one or more context data elements analyzed.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein compiling said one or more data elements with said one or more media components in a manner that is reflective of said mood associated with said user comprises defining a tempo at which said one or more data elements and said one or more media components are displayed in said multimedia presentation based on the mood associated with the user.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of said media components is an audio element selected from a plurality of audio elements, each of said audio elements belonging to a respective one of a plurality of categories of audio elements, and wherein compiling said one or more data elements with said one or more media components in a manner that is reflective of said mood associated with said user comprises selecting said at least one audio element from one of said categories of audio elements corresponding to said mood associated with said user.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein at least one of said media components is a graphics element selected from a plurality of graphics elements, each of said graphics elements belonging to a respective one of a plurality of categories of graphics elements, and wherein compiling said one or more data elements with said one or more media components in a manner that is reflective of said mood associated with said user comprises selecting said at least one graphics element from one of said categories of graphics elements corresponding to said mood associated with said user.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said combination of one or more data elements comprises one or more data elements related to a user of said mobile terminal'"'"'s past, present or future.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of context data elements accessible by said mobile terminal comprises some combination of data related to a location of said mobile terminal, an environment of said mobile terminal, one or more files created by said mobile terminal, one or more files received by said mobile terminal, one or more calendar entries stored in said mobile terminal, and one or more health related parameters associated with a user of said mobile terminal.

15. A computer program product for creating a presentation for a mobile terminal, said presentation based at least in part on a plurality of context data elements accessible by said mobile terminal, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion for determining a relative importance of respective context data elements from among said plurality of context data elements;

a second executable portion for selecting a combination of one or more data elements, wherein at least a portion of said combination is selected based on said relative importance of said respective context data elements; and

a third executable portion for generating said presentation, wherein said presentation comprises said combination of one or more data elements.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein selecting the combination comprises randomly selecting one or more data elements, such that a first portion of said presentation comprises one or more data elements selected based on said relative importance of said respective context data elements, and a second portion of said presentation comprises one or more randomly selected data elements.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein said computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

a fourth executable portion for determining a ratio of said one or more data elements in said first portion of said presentation to said one or more data elements in said second portion based on said relative importance of said respective context data elements.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein determining the relative importance comprises determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon the number of instances that the respective context data element has been utilized.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein determining the relative importance comprises determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a level of significance associated with the respective context data element.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein determining the relative importance comprises determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a period of time associated with the respective context data element.

21. A mobile terminal device for providing a user with a presentation, said presentation based at least in part on a plurality of context data elements accessible by said mobile terminal device, said mobile terminal device comprising:

a display;

a processor in communication with the display; and

a memory module in communication with the processor that stores a plurality of data elements including said plurality of context data elements and a presentation application executable by the processor, wherein the application determines a relative importance of respective context data elements from among said plurality, selects a combination of one or more data elements from among said plurality of data elements based at least in part on said relative importance of respective context data elements, and generates a presentation comprising said combination of one or more data elements, said presentation displayed to said user on the display.

22. The mobile terminal device of claim 21, wherein said application further randomly selects one or more data elements and generates said presentation based at least in part on said one or more randomly selected data elements.

23. The mobile terminal device of claim 21, wherein said application determines the relative importance by determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a number of instances that the respective context data element has been utilized.

24. The mobile terminal device of claim 21, wherein said application determines the relative importance by determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a level of significance associated with the respective context data element.

25. The mobile terminal of claim 21, wherein said application determines the relative importance by determining the relative importance of a respective context data element based upon a period of time associated with the respective context data element.

26. The mobile terminal device of claim 21 further comprising one or more sensors in communication with the processor for sensing one or moire context data elements, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of context data elements stored in said memory module comprises said one or more context data elements sensed by said sensors.

27. The mobile terminal device of claim 21, wherein the memory module further comprises one or more context data element-generating applications that generate one or more context data elements, and wherein at least a portion of said plurality of context data elements stored in said memory module comprises said one or more context data elements generated by said context data element-generating applications.

28. The mobile terminal device of claim 21, further comprising a wireless communication module in communication with the processor that provides for wireless communication with external elements that provide one or more context data elements, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of context data elements stored in said memory module comprises said one or more context data elements provided by said external elements.

29. A mobile terminal device for providing a user with a presentation, said presentation based at least in part on a plurality of context data elements accessible by said mobile terminal device, said mobile terminal device comprising:

a first means for determining a relative importance of respective context data elements from among said plurality;

a second means for selecting a combination of one or more data elements from among said plurality of data elements based at least in part on said relative importance of respective context data elements; and

a third means for generating a presentation comprising said combination of one or more data elements.

30. The mobile terminal device of claim 29 further comprising:

a fourth means for randomly selecting one or more data elements, wherein generating said presentation further comprises generating said presentation based at least in part on said one or more randomly selected data elements.