Method and apparatus for contextual content suggestion

• US 9,043,260 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Athas, Gregory Joseph, Buczak, Piotr, Moreno, Cesar
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): OLUDE AFOLABI, OLATOYOSI
• Application Number:
  US13/422,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• Field of Search: 706/12, 706/46
• US Class Current: 706/46
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal

Abstract

An approach is provided for contextual content suggestion. A recommendation platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of contextual information associated with at least one device to determine one or more locations, one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof. The recommendation platform also determines popularity data associated with one or more content items with respect to the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination. The popularity data is determined from one or more other devices sharing at least substantially the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof. The recommendation platform then causes, at least in part, a recommendation of the one or more content items to the at least one device based, at least in part, on the popularity information.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of contextual information associated with at least one device to determine one or more locations, one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof;

at least one determination of popularity data associated with one or more content items with respect to the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination, wherein the popularity data is determined from one more other devices sharing at least substantially the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof;

a recommendation of the one or more content items to the at least one device based, at least in part, on the popularity information; and

a decay of the popularity information.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of the popularity data based, at least in part, on a number of requests for the one or more content items by the at least one device, the one or other devices, or a combination thereof when sharing the at least substantially the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of the requests to determine one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) associated with the one or more content items; and

at least one determination of the popularity data based, at least in part, on whether the one or more URLs are one or more top level domains.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

an association of one or more item locations, one or more item contextual parameters, or a combination thereof with the one or more content items based, at least in part, on the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameters, or a combination thereof associated with at least one device, the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof when requesting the one or more content items.

5. A method of claim 4, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of distance information between the at least one device and the one or more content information based, least in part, an one or more distances between (a) the one or more item locations and the one or more locations;

(b) the one or more item contextual parameters and the one or more contextual parameters;

or (c) a combination thereof,

wherein the recommendation of the one or more content items is farther based, at least in part, on the distance information.

6. A method of claim 1, wherein the decay is based, at least in part, on one or more temporal parameters, one or more geometric progressions, or a combination thereof.

7. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of the decay based, at least in part, on whether the at least one device requests access to the one or more content items in response to the recommendation.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a correlation of the one or more locations to one or more boxes,

wherein the one or more boxes represented respective one or more bounded geographical areas; and

wherein the popularity data is determined with respect to the one or more boxes.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of a maximum popularity value for the one or more boxes,

wherein the popularity data is based, at least in part, on a distribution of the maximum popularity value among the one or more content items associated with the respective one or more boxes.

10. 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,

process and/or facilitate a processing of contextual information associated with at least one device to determine one or more locations, one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof;

determine popularity data associated with one or more content items with respect to the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination, wherein the popularity data is determined from one or more other devices sharing at least substantially the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof;

cause, at least in part, a recommendation of the one or more content items to the at least one device based, at least in part, on the popularity information; and

cause, at least in part, a decay of the popularity information.

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

determine the popularity data based, at least in part, on a number of requests for the one or more content items by the at least one device, the one or other devices, or a combination thereof when sharing the at least substantially the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameter values, or a combination thereof.

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

process and/or facilitate a processing of the requests to determine one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) associated with the one or more content items; and

determine the popularity data based, at least in part, on whether the one or more URLs are one or more top level domains.

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

cause, at least in part, an association of one or more item locations, one or more item contextual parameters, or a combination thereof with the one nr more content items based, at least in part, on the one or more locations, the one or more contextual parameters, or a combination thereof associated with at least one device, the one or more other devices, or a combination thereof when requesting the one or more content items.

14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine distance information between the at least one device arid the one or more content information based, at least in part, on one or more distances between (a) the one or more item locations and the one or more locations;

(b) the one or more item contextual parameters and the one or more contextual parameters;

or (c) a combination thereof,

wherein the recommendation of the one or more content items is further based, at least in part, on the distance information.

15. An apparatus of claim 10, wherein the decay is based, at least in part, on one or more temporal parameters, one or more geometric progressions, or a combination thereof.

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

determine the decay based, at least in part, on whether the at least one device requests access to the one or more content items in response to the recommendation.

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

cause, at least in part, a correlation of the one or locations to one or more boxes,

wherein the one or more boxes represented respective one or more bounded geographical areas; and

wherein the popularity data is determined with respect to the one or more boxes.

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

determine a maximum popularity value for the one or more boxes,

wherein the popularity data is based, at least in part, on the distribution of the maximum popularity value among the one or more content items associated with the respective one or more boxes.