METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING CONTEXT INTELLIGENCE IN RANDOM INDEX BASED SYSTEM

• US 20130218876A1
• Filed: 02/22/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Lnnfors, Mikko Aleksi, Monni, Eki Petteri, Beszteri, Istvan, Hellstrom, Minna Kirsi Marja, Terho, Mikko J.
• Application Number:
  US13/402,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20130218876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3338 Query expansion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/901 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures for retrieval from the web G06F16/951
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A method for providing enhancement of context intelligence may include receiving a first word representing a context at a processor, providing for a search of a database using the first word; receiving a second word in response to the search of the database, applying a weight to the second word, and causing the second word and the respective weight to be stored as relevant to the context. The database may include a remote database, accessed, for example, via the internet. The method may also include generating a third word in response to a sensor receiving an input, where providing for a search of a database includes using the first word and the third word. The method may optionally include generating a third word in response to a detected property of an environment, where providing for a search of a database includes using the first word and the third word.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A method comprising:

receiving a first word representing a context at a processor;

providing for a search of a database using the first word;

receiving a second word in response to the search of the database;

applying a weight to the second word; and

causing the second word and the respective weight to be stored as relevant to the context.

36. 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:

receive a first word representing a context;

provide for a search of a database using the first word;

receive a second word in response to the search of the database;

apply a weight to the second word; and

cause the second word and the respective weight to be stored as relevant to the context.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the database comprises a remote database.

38. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the apparatus is further caused to generate a third word in response to a sensor receiving an input, wherein providing for a search of a database comprises using the first word and the third word.

39. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the apparatus is further caused to generate a third word in response to a detected property of an environment, wherein providing for a search of a database comprises using the first word and the third word.

40. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the weight of the second word represents the relevance of the second word to the context.

41. The method of claim 36, wherein the apparatus is further caused to request user input relative to the context, where the first word is received in response to the request for user input.

42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein requesting user input relative to the context is performed in response to a context confidence level being below a pre-defined threshold.

43. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising:

program code instructions for receiving a first word representing a context;

program code instructions for providing for a search of a database using the first word;

program code instructions for receiving a second word in response to the search of the database;

program code instructions for applying a weight to the second word; and

program code instructions for causing the second word and the respective weight to be stored as relevant to the context.

44. The computer program product of claim 43, wherein the database comprises a remote database.

45. The computer program product of claim 43, further comprising program code instructions for generating a third word in response to a sensor receiving an input, wherein the program code instructions for providing for a search of a database comprises using the first word and the third word.

46. The computer program product of claim 43, further comprising program code instructions for generating a third word in response to a detected property of an environment, wherein the program code instructions for providing for a search of a database comprises using the first word and the third word.

47. The computer program product of claim 43, wherein the weight of the second word represents the relevance of the second word to the context.

48. The computer program product of claim 43, further comprising program code instructions for requesting user input relative to the context, where the first word is received in response to the request for user input.