METHOD, PORTABLE APPARATUS AND SERVER

• US 20080270568A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: HUUSKONEN, Pertti, LEHIKOINEN, Jaakko
• Application Number:
  US11/740,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• 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: H04M 2207/20 hybrid systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

It is presented a method for a portable apparatus including: determining a current context; determining a remote context; receiving current data, associated with the current context of the apparatus; receiving remote data associated with the remote context; evaluating whether there is a match between the current data and the remote data; and when the current data and the remote data is considered a match, alerting the user. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also presented.

Claims

1. A method for a portable apparatus comprising:

determining a current context;

determining a remote context;

receiving current data, associated with said current context of said apparatus;

receiving remote data associated with said remote context;

evaluating whether there is a match between said current data and said remote data; and

when said current data and said remote data is considered a match, alerting said user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said remote context previously has been selected by said user.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining a current context comprises determining a current location of said portable apparatus.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining a remote context comprises determining an association of said user with any context selected from the group consisting of an online community, a blog, and an online forum.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said evaluating whether there is a match comprises statistical text analysis of text of said current data and said remote data.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said evaluating whether there is a match comprises, prior to said statistical text analysis:

using at least part of said text of said current data or at least part of said remote data as candidate text;

looking up said candidate text in a table;

when there is a match of said candidate text in said table, reading associated text from said memory, said associated text being associated with said match with said candidate text; and

adding said associated text to said current data or said remote data, according to the source of said candidate data.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said receiving current data comprises receiving said current data over a local communication channel.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said local communication channel is a channel selected from the group consisting of bluetooth, wireless local area network, radio frequency identification, wireless universal serial bus and any combination of the above.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said receiving current data comprises receiving said data based on a position of said apparatus, said position being acquired by use of a global positioning system.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said receiving said remote data comprises receiving data using a news feed.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said news feed comprises the use of RSS.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method is executed in said portable apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein said method is executed in a server.

17. A computer program product comprising software instructions that, when executed in a mobile communication terminal, performs the method according to claim 1.

14. A portable apparatus comprising:

a controller;

said controller being configured to determining a current context;

said controller being further configured to determining a remote context;

said controller being further configured to receive current data, associated with a current context of a user of said apparatus;

said controller being further configured to receive remote data associated with a context previously selected by said user;

said controller being further configured to evaluate whether there is a match between said current data and said remote data; and

said controller being further configured to alert said user when said current data and said remote data is considered a match.

15. A portable apparatus comprising:

means for determining a current context;

means for determining a remote context;

means for receiving current data, associated with a current context of said apparatus;

means for receiving remote data associated with a context previously selected by said user;

means for evaluating whether there is a match between said current data and said remote data; and

means for alerting said user when said current data and said remote data is considered a match.

16. A server comprising:

a controller;

said controller being configured to determine a current context;

said controller being further configured to determining a remote context;

said controller being further configured to receive current data, associated with a current context of a user a portable apparatus connected to said server;

said controller being further configured to receive remote data associated with a context previously selected by said user;

said controller being further configured to evaluate whether there is a match between said current data and said remote data; and

said controller being further configured to alert said user when said current data and said remote data is considered a match.