METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INTERACTIVE PREVIEW INFORMATION IN A LOCATION-BASED USER INTERFACE

• US 20120240077A1
• Filed: 03/16/2011
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vaittinen, Tuomas, Castro, Brenda, Murphy, David Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 8,601,380 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object

Abstract

An approach is provided for displaying interactive preview information in a location-based user interface. A content mapping platform determines to render, at a device, a user interface for a location-based service based, at least in part, on a field of view. The content mapping platform determines one or more items outside of the field of view and then determines to render one or more user interface objects in the user interface. The one or more user interface objects present, at least in part, preview information associated with the one or more items.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining to render, at a device, a user interface for a location-based service based, at least in part, on a field of view;

determining one or more items outside of the field of view; and

determining to render one or more user interface objects in the user interface,

wherein the one or more user interface objects present, at least in part, preview information associated with the one or more items.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, processing of location information associated with the one or more items to determine occlusion information with respect to the one or more user interface objects, one or more other objects of the user interface, the location-based service, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining to render the one or more user interface objects to indicate, at least in part, a direction of the one or more items based, at least in part, on the occlusion information.

4. A method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining to render the one or more objects on, near, or so as to avoid occluding one or more other objects based, at in part, on the occlusion information.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for creating a link between a location associated with the user interface and one or more other locations associated with the one or more user interface objects, the one or more items, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving another input for activation of the link,

wherein the activation of the link toggles presentation of the one or more user interface objects, the one or more other locations, the one or more items, or a combination thereof in at least a portion of the user interface.

7. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining relevance information associated with the one or more items; and

processing and/or facilitating a processing of the relevance information to determine an order for rendering or presenting the one or more user interface objects.

8. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input for moving at least one of the one or more objects to one or more predetermined areas of the user interface,

wherein the one or more predetermined areas are associated with a list of favorite objects, a list of objects to act upon, or a combination thereof.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the preview information includes, at least in part, one or more representations of the one or more items, one or more representations of location information associated with the one or more items, content information associated with the one or more items, or a combination thereof.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the user interface depicts, at least in part, a mixed reality view, an augmented reality view, an augmented virtual reality view, a panorama, or a combination thereof.

11. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more items include, at least in part, points of interest, contact'"'"'s registered addresses or shared locations, appointment locations, event locations, user-generated notes, or a combination thereof.

12. 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,

determine to render, at a device, a user interface for a location-based service based, at least in part, on a field of view;

determine one or more items outside of the field of view; and

determine to render one or more user interface objects in the user interface,

wherein the one or more user interface objects present, at least in part, preview information associated with the one or more items.

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

cause, at least in part, processing of location information associated with the one or more items to determine occlusion information with respect to the one or more user interface objects, one or more other objects of the user interface, the location-based service, or a combination thereof;

determine to render the one or more user interface objects to indicate, at least in part, a direction of the one or more items based, at least in part, on the occlusion information; and

determine to render the one or more objects on, near, or so as to avoid occluding, one or more other objects based, at in part, on the occlusion information.

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

receive an input for creating a link between a location associated with the user interface and one or more other locations associated with the one or more user interface objects, the one or more items, or a combination thereof,

wherein the activation of the link toggles presentation of the one or more user interface objects, the one or more other locations, the one or more items, or a combination thereof in at least a portion of the user interface.

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

determine relevance information associated with the one or more items; and

process and/or facilitate a processing of the relevance information to determine an order for rendering or presenting the one or more objects in the user interface.

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

receive an input for moving at least one of the one or more objects to one or more predetermined areas of the user interface,

wherein the one or more predetermined areas are associated with a list of favorite objects, a list of objects to act upon, or a combination thereof.

17. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:

determining to render, at a device, a user interface for a location-based service based, at least in part, on a field of view;

determining one or more items outside of the field of view; and

determining to render one or more user interface objects in the user interface,

wherein the one or more user interface objects present, at least in part, preview information associated with the one or more items.

18. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

processing and/or facilitating a processing of location information associated with the one or more items to determine occlusion information with respect to one or more other objects of the user interface, the location-based service, or a combination thereof;

determining to render the one or more user interface objects to indicate, at least in part, a direction of the one or more items based, at least in part, on the occlusion information; and

determining to render the one or more objects on, near, or so as to avoid occluding one or more other objects based, at least in part, on the occlusion information.

19. A method of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is caused to further perform:

receiving an input for creating a link between a location associated with the user interface and one or more other locations associated with the one or more user interface objects, the one or more items, or a combination thereof,

wherein the activation of the link toggles presentation of the one or more user interface objects, the one or more other locations, the one or more items, or a combination thereof in at least a portion of the user interface.

20. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine relevance information associated with the one or more items; and

process and/or facilitate a processing of the relevance information to determine an order for rendering or presenting the one or more objects in the user interface.