Method and apparatus for information aggregation around locations

• US 9,008,693 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Boldyrev, Sergey, Paglia, Marco, Oliver, Ian Justin, Mannermaa, Mika Juhani, Oppelaar, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMMONDS, MARCUS C
• Application Number:
  US12/890,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20120077521A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,663 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 340988-996, 701400-541
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

An approach is provided for information aggregation around locations. An information aggregation platform determines one or more content items, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources. The information aggregation platform also determines respective location information associated with the one or more content items. The information aggregation platform further determines to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, with a processor, one or more content items in response to request for aggregated content associated with one or more locations, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources;

determining, with the processor, respective location information associated with the one or more content items;

determining, with the processor, to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information;

determining to generate a mapping display, on a first user device, displaying the grouped one or more content items;

determining two or more computation closures, two or more information closures, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more content items, wherein each computation closure and information closure is a component of a process to obtain the requested aggregated content;

determining to bind the two more computation closures, the two more information closures, or a combination thereof to one or more user interface elements of the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof;

determining to further generate the mapping display based, at least in part, on the binding;

determining to assign one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof, to the second user device via an action by a user at the first user device; and

adding the assigned one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof to a computation closure store for retrieval by the second user device,

wherein the adding of the one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof to the computation closure store is initiated by an aggregation platform based on the request for the aggregated content by the second user device, and

wherein the aggregation platform is remote from and in communication with the first user device and the second user device.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to present one or more links to the one or more content items in the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping.

3. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining context information associated with the user, the content items, the respective location information, the one or more content sources, or a combination thereof; and

determining information relevancy based, at least in part, on the context information,

wherein the determining to present the one or more content items is based, at least in part, on the information relevancy.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the context information includes a location, a time, a date, a contact, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the two more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or a combination thereof are serialized within one or more information spaces, one or more computation spaces, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for specifying target location information;

determining to compare the target location information against the respective location information; and

determining to select a subset of the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the comparison.

7. A method of claim 6, wherein the target location information is based, at least in part, on a user location.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining to associate the one or more content items to one or more places based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof.

9. 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,

determine one or more content items in response to request for aggregated content associated with one or more locations, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources;

determine respective location information associated with the one or more content items;

determine to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information;

determine to generate a mapping display, on a first user device, displaying the grouped one or more content items;

determine two or more computation closures, two or more information closures, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more content items, wherein each computation closure and information closure is a component of a process to obtain the requested aggregated content;

determine to bind the two or more computation closures, the two more information closures, or a combination thereof to one or more user interface elements of the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof;

determine to further generate the mapping display based, at least in part, on the binding;

determine to assign one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof, to the second user device via an action by a user at the first user device; and

add the assigned one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof to a computation closure store for retrieval by the second user device,

wherein the add of the one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof to the computation closure store is initiated by an aggregation platform based on the request for the aggregated content by the second user device, and

wherein the aggregation platform is remote from and in communication with the first user device and the second user device.

10. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine to present one or more links to the one or more content items in the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping.

11. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine context information associated with the user, the content items, the respective location information, the one or more content sources, or a combination thereof; and

determine information relevancy based, at least in part, on the context information,

wherein the determining to present the one or more content items is based, at least in part, on the information relevancy.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the context information includes a location, a time, a date, a contact, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or a combination thereof are serialized within one or more information spaces, one or more computation spaces, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive an input for specifying target location information;

determine to compare the target location information against the respective location information; and

determine to select a subset of the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the comparison.

15. An apparatus of claim 14, wherein the target location information is based, at least in part, on a user location.

16. An apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine to associate the one or more content items to one or more places based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof.

17. A non-transitory 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:

determining one or more content items, the content items provided by respective one or more content sources;

determining respective location information associated with the one or more content items in response to request for aggregated content associated with one or more locations;

determining to group the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the respective location information;

determining to generate a mapping display, on a first user device, displaying the grouped one or more content items;

determining one or more computation closures, one or more information closures, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more content items;

determining two or more computation closures, two or more information closures, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more content items, wherein each computation closure and information closure is a component of a process to obtain the requested aggregated content;

determining to bind the one or more computation closures, the one or more information closures, or a combination thereof to one or more user interface elements of the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping, the respective location information, or a combination thereof;

determining to further generate the mapping display based, at least in part, on the binding determining to assign one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof, to the second user device via an action by a user at the first user, and

adding the assigned one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof to a computation closure store for retrieval by the second user device,

wherein the adding of the one or more of the two or more computation closures, the two or more information closures, or the combination thereof to the computation closure store is initiated by an aggregation platform based on the request for the aggregated content by the second user device, and

wherein the aggregation platform is remote from and in communication with the first user device and the second user device.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

determining to present one or more links to the one or more content items in the mapping display based, at least in part, on the grouping.