Method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining user status indicators

• US 20090276700A1
• Filed: 04/30/2008
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Paglia, Marco, Anderson, Marko
• Application Number:
  US12/111,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20090276700A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An apparatus for providing user status indicators may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive context information from one or more platforms. The processor may also be configured to determine one or more user status indicators based on the context information and provide for presentation of the user status indicators in association with the user account. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving context information from one or more platforms;

determining one or more user status indicators based on the context information; and

providing for presentation of the user status indicators in association with the user account.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining user activities based on changes in the one or more user status indicators; and

providing for presentation of the user activities in association with the user account.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining user activities includes determining user activities based on current and past user status indicators.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving context information includes receiving context information from one or more platforms, the context information including mobile terminal context information, the one or more platforms including a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal being associated with a user account of an online service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving context information includes receiving context information, the context information including service context information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving context information includes receiving context information, the context information including information regarding the platform a user is currently using to access the online service.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving additional information based on the context information; and

wherein determining one or more user status indicators includes determining one or more user status indicators based on the additional information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving context information includes receiving context information, the context information including mobile terminal location information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving context information includes receiving context information, the context information including operations currently being performed by the mobile terminal.

10. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first program code portion configured to receive context information from one or more platforms;

a second program code portion configured to determine one or more user status indicators based on the context information; and

a third program code portion configured to provide for presentation of the user status indicators in association with the user account.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

a fourth program code portion configured to determine user activities based on changes in the one or more user status indicators; and

a fifth program code portion configured to provide for presentation of the user activities in association with the user account.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the fourth program code portion configured to determine user activities includes being configured to determine user activities based on current and past user status indicators.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first program portion configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information from one or more platforms, the context information including mobile terminal context information, the one or more platforms including a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal being associated with a user account of an online service.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the first program code portion being configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information including service context information.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first program code portion being configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information, the context information including information regarding the platform a user is currently using to access the online service.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise:

a fourth program code portion configured to retrieve additional information based on the context information; and

wherein the second program code portion configured to determine one or more user status indicators includes being configured to determine one or more user status indicators based on the additional information.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first program code portion configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information, the context information including mobile terminal location information.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the first program code portion configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information, the context information including operations currently being performed by the mobile terminal.

19. An apparatus comprising a processor, the processor configured to:

receive context information from one or more platforms;

determine one or more user status indicators based on the context information; and

provide for presentation of the user status indicators in association with the user account.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor further configured to:

determine user activities based on changes in the one or more user status indicators; and

provide for presentation of the user activities in association with the user account.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the processor being configured to determine user activities, includes being configured to determine user activities based on current and past user status indicators.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information from one or more platforms, the context information including mobile terminal context information, the one or more platforms including a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal being associated with a user account of an online service.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, the processor configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information including service context information.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the processor being configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information, the context information including information regarding the platform a user is currently using to access the online service.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to:

retrieve additional information based on the context information; and

wherein the processor being configured to determine one or more user status indicators includes being configured to determine one or more user status indicators based on the additional information.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor being configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information, the context information including mobile terminal location information.

27. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor being configured to receive context information includes being configured to receive context information, the context information including operations currently being performed by the mobile terminal.

28. The apparatus of claim 19 further comprising a memory device, and wherein the processor is configured to store user status indicators on the memory device.

29. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving context information from one or more platforms;

means for determining one or more user status indicators based on the context information; and

means for providing for presentation of the user status indicators in association with the user account within an online service.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 further comprising:

means for determining user activities based on changes in the one or more user status indicators; and

means for providing for presentation of the user activities in association with the user account.