METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING CONNECTIONS OF A POLYMORPHIC NOTE

• US 20110099189A1
• Filed: 10/26/2009
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Barraclough, Keith, Cruse, Energy, Irvine, David, Kekeritz, Timm, Van Der Flier, Astrid, Dame, Christopher, Simsarian, Kristian, Don, Abbe, Gerlach, James, Woods, Luke, Hartford, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US12/606,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20110099189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

An approach is provided for exploring connections of a polymorphic note. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display one or more polymorphic notes connected to a selected polymorphic note. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes and causes, at least in part, actions that result in display of the selected polymorphic note, the one or more connected polymorphic notes, corresponding connections between the selected polymorphic note and the one or more connection polymorphic notes, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request to display one or more polymorphic notes connected to a selected polymorphic note;

determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes; and

causing, at least in part, actions that result in display of the selected polymorphic note, the one or more connected polymorphic notes, corresponding connections between the selected polymorphic note and the one or more connection polymorphic notes, or a combination thereof.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding connections include an implicit connection, and wherein determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes includes:

evaluating a plurality of polymorphic notes against the selected polymorphic note based on one or more associative factors; and

selecting the one or more connected polymorphic notes from among the plurality of polymorphic notes based on the evaluation.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the associative factors include associations, content, semantic structures, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving an input, from the user, for confirming the one or more connected polymorphic notes that are selected based on the evaluation; and

designating the confirmed one or more connected polymorphic notes as explicit connections.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding connections include an explicit connection, and wherein the determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes includes:

receiving an input, from a user, for specifying the one or more connected polymorphic notes.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the selected polymorphic note is randomly selected from a plurality of polymorphic notes that have been designated by a user as notable, include recent activity information, are scheduled to occur in the near future, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the selected polymorphic note is randomly selected from a plurality of polymorphic notes that include no recent activity information.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input, from a user, specifying criteria for performing a query to find one or more polymorphic notes from among a plurality of polymorphic notes;

performing the query to determine one or more queried polymorphic notes;

causing, at least in part, actions that result in display of the one or more queried polymorphic notes and the selected polymorphic note;

receiving another input, from the user, for identifying at least one of the one or more queried polymorphic notes; and

creating an explicit connection between the selected one polymorphic note and the identified at least one of the one or more queried polymorphic notes.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

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,

receive a request to display one or more polymorphic notes connected to a selected polymorphic note;

determine the one or more connected polymorphic notes; and

cause, at least in part, actions that result in display of the selected polymorphic note, the one or more connected polymorphic notes, corresponding connections between the selected polymorphic note and the one or more connection polymorphic notes, or a combination thereof.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the corresponding connections include an implicit connection, and wherein determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes further causes the apparatus to:

evaluate a plurality of polymorphic notes against the selected polymorphic note based on one or more associative factors; and

select the one or more connected polymorphic notes from among the plurality of polymorphic notes based on the evaluation.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the associative factors include associations, content, semantic structures, or a combination thereof.

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

receive an input, from the user, for confirming the one or more connected polymorphic notes that are selected based on the evaluation; and

designate the confirmed one or more connected polymorphic notes as explicit connections.

13. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the corresponding connections include an explicit connection, and wherein the determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes further causes the apparatus to:

receive an input, from a user, for specifying the one or more connected polymorphic notes.

14. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the selected polymorphic note is randomly selected from a plurality of polymorphic notes that have been designated by a user as notable, include recent activity information, are scheduled to occur in the near future, or a combination thereof.

15. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the selected polymorphic note is randomly selected from a plurality of polymorphic notes that include no recent activity information.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive an input, from a user, specifying criteria for performing a query to find one or more polymorphic notes from among a plurality of polymorphic notes;

perform the query to determine one or more queried polymorphic notes;

cause, at least in part, actions that result in display of the one or more queried polymorphic notes and the selected polymorphic note;

receive another input, from the user, for identifying at least one of the one or more queried polymorphic notes; and

create an explicit connection between the selected one polymorphic note and the identified at least one of the one or more queried polymorphic notes.

17. A 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:

receiving a request to display one or more polymorphic notes connected to a selected polymorphic note;

determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes; and

causing, at least in part, actions that result in display of the selected polymorphic note, the one or more connected polymorphic notes, corresponding connections between the selected polymorphic note and the one or more connection polymorphic notes, or a combination thereof.

18. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the corresponding connections include an implicit connection, and wherein determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes cause the apparatus to further perform:

evaluating a plurality of polymorphic notes against the selected polymorphic note based on one or more associative factors; and

selecting the one or more connected polymorphic notes from among the plurality of polymorphic notes based on the evaluation,

wherein the associative factors include associations, content, semantic structures, or a combination thereof.

19. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the corresponding connections include an explicit connection, and wherein the determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes causes the apparatus to further perform:

receiving an input, from a user, for specifying the one or more connected polymorphic notes.

20. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the selected polymorphic note is randomly selected from a plurality of polymorphic notes that have been designated by a user as notable, include recent activity information, are scheduled to occur in the near future, include no recent activity information, or a combination thereof.