Methods, Apparatuses and Computer Program Products for Updating a Content Item

• US 20090259691A1
• Filed: 04/10/2008
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Simula, Kirsti Anitta, Nirhamo, Mikko, Isomursu, Esa Pekka, Valipirtti, Pekka Kalervo, Kaikkonen, Markus Henrik, Tanskanen, Erkki Juhani
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,208 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3228 Monitoring task completion, e.g. by use of idle timers, stop commands or wait commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided for updating a content item. In this regard, a current context associated with a content item can be determined based on criteria such as, a user'"'"'s tendencies, user preferences, battery level, time of day, etc. The current context of the content item can be active or inactive. If a content item is in an active current context and an associated triggering event occurs, the content item can be updated. If the content item is in an inactive current context, the content item need not be updated. Content items may be updated in various manners, including generating a preview of the content item. A preview of a content item may be generated by retrieving the content item via an interface, where the interface is determined from data associated with the content item. Upon retrieval of a content item via the interface, a preview of the content item can be generated, such as by generating an image file having associated metadata. The metadata maybe used for linking the preview to additional, related content items.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a current context of a content item, the current context of the content item being based on one or more criteria;

identifying an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the content items; and

updating the content item in response to the triggering event if the content item has a predefined current context.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the current context of the content item includes determining the current context of the content item, the current context of the content item being based upon the context of a device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the content item includes updating the content item if the content item has an active current context.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a current context of a content item includes determining the current context based upon a current battery level.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an occurrence of a triggering event further includes determining that a timer associated with the content item has become exhausted.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an occurrence of a triggering event includes identifying an upcoming alarm having an associated length which defines a timing of the triggering event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an occurrence of a triggering event includes identifying that the current context has changed to active.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein updating the content item further includes retrieving the content item and generating a conditioned form of the content item.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein generating a conditioned form of the content item comprises generating a preview of the content item.

10. An apparatus comprising a processor, the processor configured to:

determine a current context of a content item, the current context of the content item being based on one or more criteria;

identify an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the content items; and

update the content item in response to the triggering event if the content item has a predefined current context.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to determine the current context of the content item includes being configured to determine the current context of the content item, the current context of the content item being based upon the context of a device.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to update the content item includes being configured to update the content item if the content item has an active current context.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to determine a current context of a content item includes being configured to determine the current context based upon a current battery level.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event further includes being configured to determine that a timer associated with the content item has become exhausted.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event includes being configured to identify an upcoming alarm having an associated length which defines a timing of the triggering event.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event includes being configured to identify that the current context has changed to active.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor being configured to update the content item further includes being configured to retrieve the content item and generate a conditioned form of the content item.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the processor being configured to generate a conditioned form of the content item comprises generating a preview of the content item.

19. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first program code portion configured to determine a current context of a content item, the current context of the content item being based on one or more criteria;

a second program code portion configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the content items; and

a third program code portion configured to update the content item in response to the triggering event if the content item has a predefined current context.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first program code portion being configured to determine the current context of the content item includes being configured to determine the current context of the content item, the current context of the content item being based upon the context of a device.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the third program code portion being configured to update the content item includes being configured to update the content item if the content item has an active current context.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the first program code portion being configured to determine a current context of a content item includes being configured to determine the current context based upon a current battery level.

23. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the second program code portion being configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event further includes being configured to determine that a timer associated with the content item has become exhausted.

24. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the second program code portion being configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event includes being configured to identify an upcoming alarm having an associated length which defines a timing of the triggering event.

25. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the second program code portion being configured to identify an occurrence of a triggering event includes being configured to identify that the current context has changed to active.

26. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the third program code portion being configured to update the content item further includes being configured to retrieve the content item and generate a conditioned form of the content item.

27. The computer program product of claim 26, wherein the third program code portion being configured to generate a conditioned form of the content item comprises generating a preview of the content item.