Method and apparatus for providing multimedia summaries for content information
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1. A method comprising:
- processing content information to determine one or more characteristics of (a) the content information, (b) at least one multimedia file, or (c) a combination thereof;
rendering, by a renderer, at least one multimedia signal as at least one summary of the content information based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics;
determining, by a determiner, one or more emphasis values for one or more components of the at least one multimedia signal, based, at least in part, on the content information, contextual information, or a combination thereof, associated with one or more contacts, the one or more contacts being associated with the content information; and
determining, by the determiner, the one or more components of the at least one multimedia signal based, at least in part, on the one or more contacts,wherein the rendering of the at least one multimedia signal is based, at least in part, on the one or more emphasis values.
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Abstract
An approach is provided for creating multimedia summary for content information. The approach involves receiving a multimedia signal request from a mobile communication device, wherein content information of the mobile communication device is determined and processed. The approach also involves determining the characteristic of the content information, and then determining and processing the multimedia signal based on the characteristic. Then, the multimedia converter causes transmission of the multimedia signal to the user device.
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1. A method comprising:
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processing content information to determine one or more characteristics of (a) the content information, (b) at least one multimedia file, or (c) a combination thereof; rendering, by a renderer, at least one multimedia signal as at least one summary of the content information based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; determining, by a determiner, one or more emphasis values for one or more components of the at least one multimedia signal, based, at least in part, on the content information, contextual information, or a combination thereof, associated with one or more contacts, the one or more contacts being associated with the content information; and determining, by the determiner, the one or more components of the at least one multimedia signal based, at least in part, on the one or more contacts, wherein the rendering of the at least one multimedia signal is based, at least in part, on the one or more emphasis values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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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 content information to determine one or more characteristics of (a) the content information, (b) at least one multimedia file, or (c) a combination thereof; render at least one multimedia signal as at least one summary of the content information based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; determine one or more emphasis values for one or more components of the at least one multimedia signal based, at least in part, on the content information, contextual information, or a combination thereof associated with the one or more contacts, the contacts being associated with the content information; and determine the one or more components of the at least one multimedia signal based, at least in part, on the one or more contacts, wherein the rendering of the at least one multimedia signal is based, at least in part, on the one or more emphasis values. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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