APPARATUS

• US 20120212632A1
• Filed: 09/07/2009
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Mate, Sujeet Shyamsundar, Bilcu, Radu Ciprian, Curcio, Igor Danilo Diego
• Application Number:
  US13/394,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20120212632A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

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 at least to perform: generating a content request comprising a first content parameter; receiving a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter; determining at least one further content parameter dependent on the content message; generating a content selection message comprising the least one further content parameter; and receiving a further content message, wherein the further content message comprises content generated dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

Claims

1-55. -55. (canceled)

56. A method comprising:

generating a content request comprising a first content parameter;

receiving a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter;

determining at least one further content parameter dependent on the content message;

generating a content selection message comprising the least one further content parameter; and

receiving a further content message, wherein the further content message comprises content generated dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

57. A method comprising:

receiving a content request comprising a first content parameter;

generating a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter;

receiving a content selection message comprising at least one further content parameter, the at least one further content parameter being determined dependent on the content message; and

generating a further content message dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

58. 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 at least to perform:

generate a content request comprising a first content parameter;

receive a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter;

determine at least one further content parameter dependent on the content message;

generate a content selection message comprising the least one further content parameter; and

receive a further content message, wherein the further content message comprises content generated dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

59. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein the first content parameter comprises at least one of:

an identifier configured to identify a content provider apparatus.

a translation value, indicating the language used in the content request;

location information configured to identify a location from which to capture content;

directional information configured to identify a direction from which to capture content;

validity timestamp information configured to identify the time period for which the request is valid for; and

contextual information configured to identify the content subject.

62. The apparatus of claim 58 wherein the at least one further content parameter comprises at least one of:

location information configured to identify at least one location from which to capture content;

directional information configured to identify at least one direction from which to capture content;

contextual information configured to identify the content subject; and

settings information for configuring a content capture apparatus.

63. The apparatus of claim 62, wherein the settings information comprises at least one of:

focal settings;

exposure settings;

analog gain settings;

zoom settings; and

flash settings.

64. The apparatus of claim 62, wherein the location information and/or directional information may define a path to follow while capturing content.

65. The apparatus of claim 58 the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to further perform at least one of:

transmit the content request to at least one content provider apparatus;

select a region of interest from the at least one image frame, and wherein determining at least one further content parameter comprises determining the at least one further parameter for the region of interest; and

transmit the content selection message to at least one content capture apparatus.

60. The apparatus of 58, wherein the first content message further comprises at least one of:

a location part configured to identify the location from which the at least one image frame was captured;

a directional part configured to identify the direction from which the at least one image frame was captured; and

a settings part configured to identify the capture settings for the at least one image frame.

61. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein the settings part comprises at least one of:

focal information configured to identify the focal point for the at least one image frame;

exposure information configured to identify the exposure for the at least one image frame;

analog gain information configured to identify the analog gain for the at least one image frame;

zoom information configured to identify the optical and/or digital zoom for the at least one image frame; and

flash information configured to identify the flash mode for the at least one image frame.

66. 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 at least to perform:

receive a content request comprising a first content parameter;

generate a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter;

receive a content selection message comprising at least one further content parameter, the at least one further content parameter being determined dependent on the content message; and

generate a further content message dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

67. The apparatus of claim 66, wherein the first content parameter comprises at least one of:

location information configured to identify a location from which to generate a first content message;

directional information configured to identify a direction from which to generate a first content message;

time stamp information configured to identify the time period for which the request is valid for; and

contextual information configured to identify the first content message subject.

68. The apparatus of claim 66, wherein the first content message further comprises at least one of:

a location part configured to identify the location from which the at least one image frame was generated;

a directional part configured to identify the direction from which the at least one image frame was generated; and

a settings part configured to identify the image settings for the generated at least one image frame.

69. The apparatus of claim 68, wherein the settings part comprises at least one of:

focal information configured to identify the focal point for the at least one image frame;

exposure information configured to identify the exposure for the at least one image frame;

analog gain information configured to identify the analog gain for the at least one image frame;

zoom information configured to identify the optical and/or digital zoom for the at least one image frame; and

flash information configured to identify the flash mode for the at least one image frame.

70. The apparatus of claim 66 wherein the at least one further content parameter comprises at least one of:

location information configured to identify at least one location from which to generate a further content message;

directional information configured to identify at least one direction from which to generate a further content message;

contextual information configured to identify the content subject; and

settings information for configuring a content capture apparatus.

71. The apparatus of claim 70, wherein the settings information comprises at least one of:

focal settings;

exposure settings;

analog gain settings;

zoom settings; and

flash settings.

72. The apparatus of claim 70, wherein the location information and/or directional information is configured to define a path to follow while capturing content.

73. The apparatus of claim 66, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to further perform at least one of:

transmit the first content message to at least one content requester apparatus; and

transmit the further content message to at least one content requester apparatus.

74. 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 at least to perform:

receive a content request comprising a first text part and a translation value configured to indicate the language used in the first text part;

identify at least one content provider dependent on the content request;

generate a translated first text part in a language used by the at least one content provider from the first text part; and

generate a further content request addressed to the at least one content provider, the further content request comprising the translated first text part.

75. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:

generating a content request comprising a first content parameter;

receiving a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter;

determining at least one further content parameter dependent on the content message;

generating a content selection message comprising the least one further content parameter; and

receiving a further content message, wherein the further content message comprises content generated dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

76. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:

receiving a content request comprising a first content parameter;

generating a first content message comprising at least one image frame associated with the first content parameter;

receiving a content selection message comprising at least one further content parameter, the at least one further content parameter being determined dependent on the content message; and

generating a further content message dependent on the at least one further content parameter.

77. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:

receiving a content request comprising a first text part and a translation value configured to indicate the language used in the first text part;

identifying at least one content provider dependent on the content request;

generating a translated first text part in a language used by the at least one content provider from the first text part; and

generating a further content request addressed to the at least one content provider, the further content request comprising the translated first text part.