Method, apparatus and computer program product to utilize context ontology in mobile device application personalization

• US 8,407,593 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Korpipaa, Panu, Tuomela, Urpo, Mantyjarvi, Jani, Kansala, Ilkka, Ronkainen, Sami, Kela, Juha, Hakkila, Jonna
• Primary Examiner(s): SALOMON, PHENUEL S
• Application Number:
  US11/172,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20060005156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,827 Days
• Field of Search: 715/708, 715/740
• US Class Current: 715/708
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a user interface specified at least in part by a user. The mobile terminal includes a user interface specification unit that operates in accordance with a programmed data processor to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger and an action, which together form a rule; to automatically generate a directory structure comprising a set of available events in accordance with a hierarchical information model; to select, in cooperation with the user, at least one trigger value from the available set of events and to define an action to be performed by the mobile terminal in responsive to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing a first directory structure of available trigger events to be generated according to a hierarchical information model;

causing one or more trigger types to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

receiving selection of at least one trigger type;

causing, after receiving selection of the at least one trigger type, one or more trigger values associated with the selected trigger type to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

receiving a selection of at least one trigger value;

causing a second directory structure of available actions to be generated according to the hierarchical information model;

causing one or more action types to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

receiving a selection of at least one action type;

causing, after receiving selection of the action type, one or more action values associated with the selected trigger type to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

receiving selection of at least one action value; and

generating a rule based upon the at least one selected trigger type, the at least one selected trigger value, the at least one selected action type, and the at least one selected action value;

wherein the selected action, as defined by the selected action type and action value, is to be performed by a device in an instance in which the selected at least one trigger value is satisfied.

2. The method as in claim 1, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by the device.

3. The method as in claim 1, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a sensor that comprises part of the device.

4. The method as in claim 1, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the device.

5. The method as in claim 1, where a rule script is obtained externally from another user.

6. The method as in claim 1, where a rule script is obtained externally from a third party rule script provider.

7. The method as in claim 1, where the hierarchical information model comprises a folder-file representation, where selectable data is sorted by types, where the types are represented as folders and subfolders and the selectable data is represented as files.

8. The method as in claim 1, where the hierarchical information model is configured to have a maximum number of branches.

9. The method as in claim 1, wherein receiving the selection of the at least one trigger value comprises receiving the selection of the at least one trigger type via a data entry device;

and

further wherein the trigger values associated with the selected trigger type are caused to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure in response to receiving the selection of the at least one trigger type.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a memory and a processor, the memory storing computer program code therein, the computer program code being configured to, upon execution, cause the apparatus to;

cause a first directory structure comprising a set of available trigger events to be generated according to a hierarchical information model;

cause one or more trigger types to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

receive selection of at least one trigger type;

cause, after receiving selection of the at least one trigger type, one or more trigger values associated with the selected trigger type to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

receive a selection of at least one trigger value;

cause a second directory structure comprising a set of available actions to be generated according to the hierarchical information model;

cause one or more action types to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

receive a selection of at least one action type;

cause, after receiving selection of the action type, one or more action values associated with the selected action type to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

receive selection of at least one action value; and

generate a rule based upon the at least one selected trigger type, the at least one selected trigger value, the at least one selected action type, and the at least one selected action value;

wherein the selected action, as defined by the selected action type and action value, is to be performed by the apparatus in response to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.

11. The apparatus as in claim 10, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated within the mobile terminal.

12. The apparatus as in claim 10, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a mobile terminal sensor.

13. The apparatus as in claim 10, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the mobile terminal.

14. The apparatus as in claim 10, where a rule script is obtained externally from another user.

15. The apparatus as in claim 10, where a rule script is obtained externally from a third party rule script provider.

25. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is a mobile terminal.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions therein, the program instructions being configured to, upon execution, cause an apparatus to:

cause a first directory structure of available trigger events to be generated according to a hierarchical information model;

cause one or more trigger types to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

receive selection of at least one trigger type;

cause, after receiving selection of the at least one trigger type, one or more trigger values associated with the selected trigger type to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

receive a selection of at least one trigger value;

cause a second directory structure of available actions to be generated according to the hierarchical information model;

cause one or more action types to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

receive a selection of at least one action type;

cause, after receiving selection of the action type, one or more action values associated with the selected action type to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

receive selection of at least one action value; and

generate a rule based upon the at least one selected trigger type, the at least one selected trigger value, the at least one selected action type, and the at least one selected action value,

wherein the action, as defined by the selected action type and action value, is to be performed by the apparatus in an instance in which the at least one selected trigger value is satisfied.

17. The computer program product as in claim 16, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by the mobile terminal.

18. The computer program product as in claim 16, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a mobile terminal sensor.

19. The computer program product as in claim 16, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated external to the mobile terminal and communicated to the mobile terminal though a wireless connection.

20. The computer program product as in claim 16, where a rule script is obtained from another mobile terminal.

21. The computer program product as in claim 16, where a rule script is obtained from a third party rule script provider.

22. An apparatus comprising:

means for causing a directory structure comprising a set of available trigger events to be generated according to a hierarchical information model;

means for causing one or more trigger types to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

means for receiving selection of at least one trigger type;

means for causing, after receiving selection of the at least one trigger type, one or more trigger values associated with the selected trigger type to be displayed in accordance with the first directory structure;

means for receiving a selection of at least one trigger value;

means for causing a second directory structure comprising a set of available actions to be generated according to the hierarchical information model;

means for causing one or more action types to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

means for receiving a selection of at least one action type;

means for causing, after receiving selection of the action type, one or more action values associated with the selected trigger type to be displayed in accordance with the second directory structure;

means for receiving selection of at least one action value; and

means for generating a rule based upon the at least one selected trigger type, the at least one selected trigger value, the at least one selected action type, and the at least one selected action value,

wherein the action, as defined by the selected action type and action value, is to be performed by the apparatus in response to the at least one trigger value being satisfied.

23. The apparatus as in claim 22, where the at least one trigger value is satisfied in accordance with a value generated by a sensor means that comprises a part of the apparatus.

24. The apparatus as in claim 22, where rules are generated from graphical descriptions specified by the user with a graphical user interface.

26. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the apparatus is a mobile terminal.

27. The apparatus as in claim 22, comprising a context ontology and a vocabulary model configured to generate user interface elements automatically and dynamically, and where an ontology hierarchy is transformed into a directory model representation for the user interface.