Method and apparatus for associating commenting information with one or more objects

• US 9,639,857 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Piippo, Petri Matti Olavi, Eskolin, Jan Peter Erik, Uusitalo, Jussi Severi, Hakala, Tero Juhani
• Primary Examiner(s): PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M
• Application Number:
  US13/250,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20130086077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 707752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products

Abstract

An approach is provided for presenting a user interface and associating one or more commenting information with on one or more content items detected in one or more media items. Further, a user may associate one or more commenting information related to a point of interest/object wherein one or more content items associated with the point of interest/object may be retrieved and aggregated with the one or more commenting information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

processing a) at least one of an image or video data of one or more media items and b) mapping information to cause a detection and identification of one or more objects in the one or more media items;

causing the one or more media items to be stored in association with the mapping information and an indicator of the one or more objects identified in the media item;

causing an association of commenting information with the one or more objects, wherein the commenting information is received from at least one user; and

determining to store the commenting information in association with at least the one or more objects identified in the one or more media items, such that the commenting information is provided in association with the one or more media items in response to one or more search requests for the one or more objects or the mapping information.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the search results include at least one of an additional media item or other commenting information, wherein the at least one of the additional media item or the other commenting information is a) associated with the one or more objects detected in the one or more media items, and b) is provided by a different user.

3. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

processing of social networking information, one or more social graphs, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one user to determine the different user.

4. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

causing an aggregation of the commenting information, the one or more media items, the one or more portions of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof with other information related to the one or more objects,

wherein the other information is obtained from one or more service providers.

5. A method of claim 4, further comprising:

processing of the commenting information to determine at least a portion of the other information, a sort order for presenting the other information, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining privacy information associated with the commenting information, wherein the privacy information is provided by the at least one user, and the privacy information identifies at least another user or user group to which the commenting information and the one or more media items is accessible,

wherein the presentation of the commenting information, the one or more media items, the one or more portions of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof is based on the privacy information.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a capture, an access, or a combination thereof of the one or more media items; and

causing a presentation of a user interface for inputting the commenting information,

wherein the one or more media items are based on location information.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the storing of the commenting information, the one or more media items, the one or more portions of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof is via one or more local storage, one or more remote storage, or a combination thereof.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more search requests are made via one or more services, one or more applications, or a combination thereof.

8. A method of 1, wherein the commenting information includes, at least in part, a ranking, one or more comments, a numerical grade, a textual grade, or a combination thereof, and wherein the mapping information includes digital maps, global positioning (GPS) coordinates, prerecorded views, geo-tagged data, point of interest (POI) data, or a combination thereof.

11. 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 a) at least one of an image or video data of one or more media items and b) mapping information to cause a detection and identification of one or more objects in the one or more media items;

cause the one or more media items to be stored in association with the mapping information and an indicator of the one or more objects in the media item identified;

cause an association of commenting information with the one or more objects, wherein the commenting information is received from at least one user; and

determine to store the commenting information in association with at least the one or more objects identified in the one or more media items, such that the commenting information is provided in association with the one or more media items in response to one or more search requests for the one or more objects or the mapping information.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the search results include at least one of an additional media item or other commenting information, wherein the at least one of the additional media item or the other commenting information is a) associated with the one or more objects detected in the one or more media items, and b) is provided by a different user.

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

process social networking information, one or more social graphs, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one user to determine the different user.

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

cause an aggregation of the commenting information, the one or more media items, the one or more portions of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof with other information related to the one or more objects,

wherein the other information is obtained from one or more service providers.

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

process the commenting information to determine at least a portion of the other information, a sort order for presenting the other information, or a combination thereof.

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

determine privacy information, associated with the commenting information, wherein the privacy information is provided by the at least one user, and the privacy information identifies at least another user or user group to which the commenting information and the one or more media items is accessible,

wherein the presentation of the commenting information, the one or more media items, the one or more portions of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof is based on the privacy information.

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

determine a capture, an access, or a combination thereof of the one or more media items; and

causing a presentation of a user interface for inputting the commenting information.

18. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the commenting information includes, at least in part, a ranking, one or more comments, a numerical grade, a textual grade, or a combination thereof.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the storing of the commenting information, the one or more media items, the one or more portions of the one or more media items, or a combination thereof is via one or more local storage, one or more remote storage, or a combination thereof.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more search requests are made via one or more services, one or more applications, or a combination thereof.