METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING USER CONTEXT

• US 20130132566A1
• Filed: 05/11/2010
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2010
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Olsen, Jesper, Cao, Happia, Tian, Jilei
• Granted Patent: US 10,277,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

An approach is provided for training a device to associate user, object or device context information with a user defined context. The context information platform receives recorded context information from a device. The associated recorded context information is then associated with the context to enable training of a context model associated with the context.

Claims

1-45. -45. (canceled)

46. A method comprising:

receiving an input at a device for specifying a context;

in response to the input, causing, at least in part, recording of context information associated with the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof; and

associating the recorded context information with the context.

47. A method of claim 46, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, monitoring of unlabeled context information associated with the device, the user of the device, or a combination thereof;

comparing the unlabeled context information against the recorded context information; and

causing, at least in part, recognition of the context associated with the unlabeled context information based, at least in part, on the comparison.

48. A method of claim 47, further comprising:

generating a context model based, at least in part, on the recorded context information,

wherein the associating of the recorded context information with the context comprises at least in part associating the context model with the context, and

wherein the recognition of the context in the unlabeled context information is based, at least in part, on the context model.

49. A method of claim 48, further comprising:

updating the context model based, at least in part, on the recognition of the context.

50. A method of claim 47, further comprising:

receiving another input for defining one or more rules with respect to the context; and

triggering one or more of the rules based, at least in part, on the recognition of the context.

51. A method of claim 50, wherein the one or more rules specify an action, function, routine, or a combination thereof.

52. A method of claim 47, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, control of one or more applications based, at least in at part, on the recognition of the context.

53. A method of claim 46, wherein the context relates to one or more activities, a sequence of activities, or a combination thereof.

54. A method of claim 46, wherein the recorded context information include information from one or more sensors of the device, information from one or more services associated with the device or the user of the device, or a combination thereof.

55. 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;

receive an input at a device for specifying a context;

in response to the input, cause, at least in part, recording of context information associated with the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof; and

associate the recorded context information with the context.

56. An apparatus of claim 55, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, monitoring of unlabeled context information associated with the device, the user of the device, or a combination thereof;

compare the unlabeled context information against the recorded context information; and

causing, at least in part, recognition of the context associated with the unlabeled context information based, at least in part, on the comparison.

57. An apparatus of claim 56, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

generate a context model based, at least in part, on the recorded context information,

wherein the associating of the recorded context information with the context comprises at least in part associating the context model with the context, and

wherein the recognition of the context in the unlabeled context information is based, at least in part, on the context model.

58. An apparatus of claim 57, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

update the context model based, at least in part, on the recognition of the context.

59. An apparatus of claim 56, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive another input for defining one or more rules with respect to the context; and

trigger one or more of the rules based, at least in part, on the recognition of the context.

60. An apparatus of claim 59, wherein the one or more rules specify an action, function, routine, or a combination thereof.

61. An apparatus of claim 56, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, control of one or more applications based, at least in at part, on the recognition of the context.

62. An apparatus of claim 55, wherein the context relates to one or more activities, a sequence of activities, or a combination thereof.

63. An apparatus of claim 55, wherein the recorded context information include information from one or more sensors of the device, information from one or more services associated with the device or the user of the device, or a combination thereof.

64. 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 an input at a device for specifying a context;

in response to the input, causing, at least in part, recording of context information associated with the device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof; and

associating the recorded context information with the context.

65. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 64, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

causing, at least in part, monitoring of unlabeled context information associated with the device, the user of the device, or a combination thereof;

comparing the unlabeled context information against the recorded context information; and

causing, at least in part, recognition of the context associated with the unlabeled context information based, at least in part, on the comparison.