APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTACT-RELATED INFORMATION ITEMS

• US 20140244616A1
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Kuramura, Don Yamato, Biniak, Bryan Thomas, Mauro, Peter Matthew, Rainisto, Roope
• Granted Patent: US 10,402,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Mechanisms are provided for determining contact-related information items for presentation to a user, such that the user can refer to the information items to enhance the user'"'"'s communication with the contact. Contact-related information items that have a high relevance level may be accessed and presented to the user. In a case in which no or limited high relevance level information items exist, contact-related information items associated with incrementally lower levels of relevance may be accessed and presented. Moreover, according to some example embodiments, relevance may be derived based on the relationship of the user with the particular contact and/or the frequency of communications with the contact.

Claims

1. 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 processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

provide for presentation of a communication opportunity with a contact of a user;

determine a communication frequency between the user and the contact;

determine at least one contact-related information item based on the contact and the communication frequency determined; and

provide for presentation of the at least one contact-related information item, such that the at least one contact-related information item is accessible to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communication opportunity comprises at least one of an incoming communication opportunity, an outgoing communication opportunity, or a contact profile.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the communication frequency by determining a length of time between a most recent communication session with the contact and a current communication opportunity.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the communication frequency by determining a total number of communication sessions with the contact over a predetermined period of time.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the communication frequency by determining a total communication time with the contact over a predetermined period of time.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the communication frequency by considering communications comprising at least two categories selected from the group consisting of voice calls, text messages, instant messages, e-mails, and social media messages.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to access contact-related information items from a third-party server.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contact-related information items comprise at least one item selected from the group consisting of user-inputted data, contact-inputted data, and location-based data.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the at least one contact-related information item by determining whether a particular contact-related information item is a general content item or a detail content item, wherein the apparatus is caused to provide for presentation of a general content item in an instance in which the communication frequency determined is below a pre-defined threshold and to provide for presentation of a detail content item in an instance in which the communication frequency determined is above a pre-defined threshold.

10. A method comprising:

providing for presentation of a communication opportunity with a contact of a user;

determining a communication frequency between the user and the contact;

determining, via a processor, at least one contact-related information item based on the contact and the communication frequency determined; and

providing for presentation of the at least one contact-related information item, such that the at least one contact-related information item is accessible to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication opportunity comprises at least one of an incoming communication opportunity, an outgoing communication opportunity, or a contact profile.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein determining a communication frequency comprises determining at least one of a length of time between a most recent communication session with the contact and a current communication opportunity, a total number of communication sessions with the contact over a predetermined period of time, or a total communication time with the contact over a predetermined period of time.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining a communication frequency comprises considering communications comprising at least two categories selected from the group consisting of voice calls, text messages, instant messages, e-mails, and social media messages.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising accessing contact-related information items from a third-party server.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the contact-related information items comprise at least one item selected from the group consisting of user-inputted data, contact-inputted data, and location-based data.

16. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions for:

providing for presentation of a communication opportunity with a contact of a user;

determining a communication frequency between the user and the contact;

determining at least one contact-related information item based on the contact and the communication frequency determined; and

providing for presentation of the at least one contact-related information item, such that the at least one contact-related information item is accessible to the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the communication opportunity comprises at least one of an incoming communication opportunity, an outgoing communication opportunity, or a contact profile.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the program code portions for determining a communication frequency are further configured for determining at least one of a length of time between a most recent communication session with the contact and a current communication opportunity, a total number of communication sessions with the contact over a predetermined period of time, or a total communication time with the contact over a predetermined period of time.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the program code portions for determining a communication frequency are further configured for considering communications comprising at least two categories selected from the group consisting of voice calls, text messages, instant messages, e-mails, and social media messages.

20. The computer program product of claim 16 further comprising program code portions for comprising accessing contact-related information items from a third-party server.