METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION AGGREGATION AROUND LOCATIONS

• US 20120077521A1
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Published: 03/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Boldyrev, Sergey, Paglia, Marco, Oliver, Ian Justin, Mannermaa, Mika Juhani, Oppelaar, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 9,008,693 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

An approach is provided for information aggregation around locations. An information aggregation platform determines one or more content items, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources. The information aggregation platform also determines respective location information associated with the one or more content items. The information aggregation platform further determines to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining one or more content items, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources;

determining respective location information associated with the one or more content items; and

determining to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to present the one or more content items, one or more links to the one or more content items, or a combination thereof in a mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping.

3. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining context information associated with a user, the content items, the respective location information, the one or more content sources, or a combination thereof; and

determining information relevancy based, at least in part, on the context information,

wherein the determining to present the one or more content items is based, at least in part, on the information relevancy.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the context information includes a location, a time, a date, a contact, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 2, wherein the determining to present the one or more content items comprises:

determining one or more computation closures, one or more information closures, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more content items;

determining to bind the one or more computation closures, the one or more information closures, or a combination thereof to one or more user interface elements of the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof; and

determining to generate the mapping display based, at least in part, on the binding.

6. A method of claim 5, wherein the one or more computation closures, the one or more information closures, or a combination thereof are serialized within one or more information spaces, one or more computation spaces, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for specifying target location information;

determining to compare the target location information against the respective location information; and

determining to select a subset of the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the comparison.

8. A method of claim 7, wherein the target location information is based, at least in part, on a user location.

9. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to associate the one or more content items to one or more places based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof.

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 one or more content items, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources;

determine respective location information associated with the one or more content items; and

determine to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information.

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

determine to present the one or more content items, one or more links to the one or more content items, or a combination thereof in a mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine context information associated with a user, the content items, the respective location information, the one or more content sources, or a combination thereof; and

determine information relevancy based, at least in part, on the context information,

wherein the determining to present the one or more content items is based, at least in part, on the information relevancy.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the context information includes a location, a time, a date, a contact, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more computation closures, one or more information closures, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more content items;

determine to bind the one or more computation closures, the one or more information closures, or a combination thereof to one or more user interface elements of the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof; and

determine to generate the mapping display based, at least in part, on the binding.

15. An apparatus of claim 14, wherein the one or more computation closures, the one or more information closures, or a combination thereof are serialized within one or more information spaces, one or more computation spaces, or a combination thereof.

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

receive an input for specifying target location information;

determine to compare the target location information against the respective location information; and

determine to select a subset of the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the comparison.

17. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the target location information is based, at least in part, on a user location.

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

determine to associate the one or more content items to one or more places based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof.

19. 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:

determining one or more content items, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources;

determining respective location information associated with the one or more content items; and

determining to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information.

20. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining to present the one or more content items, one or more links to the one or more content items, or a combination thereof in a mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping.

21-44. -44. (canceled)