LOCATION-BASED NOVELTY INDEX VALUE AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110295551A1
• Filed: 08/08/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Murato, Juhani, Huhtala, Ykä, Räsänen, Eero, Mannila, Heikki, Kikta, Roman, Sorvari, Antti, Oinonen, Kari, Salmenkatia, Jukka-Pekka, Toivonen, Hannu T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,955,292 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/150
• 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

The invention is a system and method for computing a result for a location, wherein the result indicates how novel it is for a wireless device to occupy a specific location. After determining the location of a wireless device through various means, a Novelty Index Value (NIV) is calculated for the location, and the NIV is then stored into a database. The NIV may then be subsequently used by application programs to compute a desired result from the NIV. Multiple users may utilize and/or share the same NIV values. The NIV may also be used to alter the configuration of a wireless device as well. A recommendation system is also disclosed, wherein user context is utilized along with NIV values to compute particular results for a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining context information with respect to a wireless device, wherein the context information comprises location information and movement behavior information of the wireless device; and

configuring at least one application, based at least in part on the context information by customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application, based at least in part on the movement behavior information.

2. A method as in claim 1, wherein the customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application comprises determining one or more resource recommendations, wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations is based at least in part a current context-activity pair comprising the context information with respect to the wireless device and a requested activity, and

wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations comprises adapting the one or more resource recommendations based at least in part on the context information.

3. A method as in claim 2, wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations is further based at least in part on a comparison between a current context-activity pair and one or more historical context-activity pairs stored in a database.

4. A method as in claim 2, wherein the movement behavior information comprises information about travel routes, and the context information further comprises information regarding one or more of ambient sounds, ambient light, ambient temperature, orientation, speed, direction and other contextual characteristics that can be gathered by the wireless device.

5. A method as in claim 2, wherein the one or more resource recommendations are filtered based at least in part on a determination that at least one of the one or more resource recommendations matches a prior resource recommendation associated with the current context-activity pair.

6. A method as in claim 2, wherein the one or more resource recommendations are further based at least in part on one or more of user ratings with respect to the one or more resource recommendations or a number of times that each of the one or more resource recommendations has been provided to other users.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application comprises determining content for transmission to the wireless device, wherein the content is based at least in part on user information regarding one or more of user interest profiles and wireless device activities.

8. A method as in claim 7, wherein the user information is obtained from a user history log.

9. A method as in claim 7, wherein the content is dynamically updated based at least in part on the context information.

10. 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,

determine context information with respect to a wireless device, wherein the context information comprises location information and movement behavior information of the wireless device; and

configure at least one application, based at least in part on the context information by customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application, based at least in part on the movement behavior information.

11. An apparatus as in claim 10, wherein the customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application comprises determining one or more resource recommendations, wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations is based at least in part a current context-activity pair comprising the context information with respect to the wireless device and a requested activity, and

wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations comprises adapting the one or more resource recommendations based at least in part on the context information.

12. An apparatus as in claim 11, wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations is further based at least in part on a comparison between a current context-activity pair and one or more historical context-activity pairs stored in a database.

13. An apparatus as in claim 11, wherein the movement behavior information comprises information about travel routes, and the context information further comprises information regarding one or more of ambient sounds, ambient light, ambient temperature, orientation, speed, direction and other contextual characteristics that can be gathered by the wireless device.

14. An apparatus as in claim 11, wherein the one or more resource recommendations are filtered based at least in part on a determination that at least one of the one or more resource recommendations matches a prior resource recommendation associated with the current context-activity pair.

15. An apparatus as in claim 11, wherein the one or more resource recommendations are further based at least in part on one or more of user ratings with respect to the one or more resource recommendations or a number of times that each of the one or more resource recommendations has been provided to other users.

16. An apparatus as in claim 10, wherein the customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application comprises determining content for transmission to the wireless device, wherein the content is based at least in part on user information regarding one or more of user interest profiles and wireless device activities.

17. An apparatus as in claim 16, wherein the user information is obtained from a user history log.

18. An apparatus as in claim 16, wherein the content is dynamically updated based at least in part on the context information.

19. 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:

determining context information with respect to a wireless device, wherein the context information comprises location information and movement behavior information of the wireless device; and

configuring at least one application, based at least in part on the context information by customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application, based at least in part on the movement behavior information.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as in claim 19, wherein the customizing one or more augmentations of the at least one application comprises determining one or more resource recommendations, wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations is based at least in part a current context-activity pair comprising the context information with respect to the wireless device and a requested activity, and

wherein the determining one or more resource recommendations comprises adapting the one or more resource recommendations based at least in part on the context information.