METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO SOCIAL CONTENT

• US 20110131663A1
• Filed: 11/30/2009
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Svarfvar, Bror, Kaikuranta, Terho
• Granted Patent: US 8,578,038 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• 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 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

An apparatus for providing access to social content may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information providing corresponding identities of a plurality of members of a group, receiving an indication of group content including at least one content item stored in association with the group, and enabling access to the group content by the members based on presence information related to the members indicating that a presence threshold associated with the group content is met. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

receiving information providing corresponding identities of a plurality of members of a group;

receiving an indication of group content including at least one content item stored in association with the group; and

enabling access to the group content by the members based on presence information related to the members indicating that a presence threshold associated with the group content is met.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable access to the group content based on the presence information indicating simultaneous virtual presence of a number of members at least meeting the presence threshold.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable access to the group content based on the presence information indicating simultaneous physical presence of a number of members at least meeting the presence threshold proximately located with respect to each other.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide indications to displays of respective devices of each proximately located member to indicate an arrangement of the displays relative to each other to form a composite display.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to split content distributed such that corresponding portions of the content are provided to each respective one of the displays to generate a relatively full view of the content on the composite display.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable movement of selected content from a device associated with one portion of the composite display to a device associated with another portion of the composite display via a drag and drop operation.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each group member is assigned a respective portion of an authentication code and wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable access based on a determination as to whether a predetermined portion of the authentication code is received by aggregating authentication code portions from each member device indicating availability to participate in a group session.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable access by enabling one member device to access the group content from a service platform such that the one member device is enabled to thereafter provide the accessed content to other member devices via a short range communication mechanism.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to enable increasing levels of access to the group content as respective increasing presence thresholds are met.

10. A method comprising:

receiving information providing corresponding identities of a plurality of members of a group;

receiving an indication of group content including at least one content item stored in association with the group; and

enabling access to the group content by the members based on presence information related to the members indicating that a presence threshold associated with the group content is met.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein enabling access to the group content comprises enabling access to the group content based on the presence information indicating simultaneous virtual presence of a number of members at least meeting the presence threshold.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein enabling access to the group content comprises enabling access to the group content based on the presence information indicating simultaneous physical presence of a number of members at least meeting the presence threshold proximately located with respect to each other.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising providing indications to displays of respective devices of each proximately located member to indicate an arrangement of the displays relative to each other to form a composite display.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising splitting content distributed such that corresponding portions of the content are provided to each respective one of the displays to generate a relatively full view of the content on the composite display.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising enabling movement of selected content from a device associated with one portion of the composite display to a device associated with another portion of the composite display via a drag and drop operation.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein each group member is assigned a respective portion of an authentication code and wherein enabling access to the group content by the members based on presence information comprises enabling access based on a determination as to whether a predetermined portion of the authentication code is received by aggregating authentication code portions from each member device indicating availability to participate in a group session.

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

program code instructions for receiving information providing corresponding identities of a plurality of members of a group;

program code instructions for receiving an indication of group content including at least one content item stored in association with the group; and

program code instructions for enabling access to the group content by the members based on presence information related to the members indicating that a presence threshold associated with the group content is met.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein program code instructions for enabling access to the group content include instructions for enabling access to the group content based on the presence information indicating simultaneous virtual presence of a number of members at least meeting the presence threshold.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein program code instructions for enabling access to the group content include instructions for enabling access to the group content based on the presence information indicating simultaneous physical presence of a number of members at least meeting the presence threshold proximately located with respect to each other.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising program code instructions for providing indications to displays of respective devices of each proximately located member to indicate an arrangement of the displays relative to each other to form a composite display.