METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPANDED CONTENT TAG SHARING

• US 20140380420A1
• Filed: 05/27/2010
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Hao, Wang, Wendong, Cui, Yidong, Happonen, Aki Petri, Vilpponen, Hannu, Hakala, Henrik Stefan Markus, Yu, Kun, Malmstedt, Matti Aleksi
• Granted Patent: US 10,382,438 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

Techniques for expanded content tag sharing include determining that a first user is associated with content provided by a different second user. Data is recorded that indicates the first user is authorized to associate a different third user with the content provided by the second user, without further input by the second user. In some embodiments, the data that indicates the content provided by the second user includes data that indicates a plurality of contents. Some techniques include determining a message received from a first user indicates a portion of content associated with the first user, and a second user. The portion of the content is rendered on an apparatus of the second user. The second user is prompted for associating, with the portion of the content, an item identifier, such as text or another user, for the portion of the content.

Claims

1-77. -77. (canceled)

78. A method comprising:

determining data that associates, on an apparatus, a first user with a content identifier, wherein the content identifier indicates content provided by a different second user; and

causing, at least in part, actions that result in recording authorization data on the apparatus, wherein the authorization data indicates the first user is authorized to associate a different third user with the content identifier, without further input by the second user.

79. A method of claim 78, wherein the content identifier further indicates a plurality of contents provided by the second user.

80. A method of claim 79, further comprising determining on a second apparatus the plurality of contents provided by the second user based on context data associated with each content of the plurality of contents.

81. A method of claim 80, wherein at least one of the apparatus or the second apparatus is an apparatus of a network service.

82. A method of claim 78, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, actions that result in

rendering at least a portion of the content on user apparatus of the first user, and

prompting the first user for associating, with the portion of the content, an item identifier; and

if the user apparatus receives the item identifier, then causing, at least in part, actions that result in associating, on the apparatus, the item identifier with the content identifier.

83. A method of claim 82, wherein the portion of the content rendered on the user apparatus of the first user is a portion that is less than all the content.

84. A method of claim 83, wherein the portion of the content rendered on the user apparatus of the first user is determined based on input from a user different from the first user.

85. A method of claim 83, wherein causing, at least in part, actions that result in associating the item identifier with the content identifier further comprises causing, at least in part, actions that result in associating the item identifier with portion data, wherein the portion data indicates the portion of the content.

86. A method of claim 82, further comprising:

causing, at least in part, actions that result in prompting the first user for associating a contact with a different portion of the content, wherein the contact indicates a contact to whom to send the different portion of the content; and

if the user apparatus receives data that indicates the different portion of the content and the contact, then causing, at least in part, actions that result in

rendering the different portion on an apparatus of the contact, and

prompting the contact for associating, with the different portion of the content, a different item identifier for the different portion of the content.

87. A method of claim 82, wherein the item identifier is at least one of data that identifies the third user or text that describes the portion of the content that is rendered.

88. A method of claim 86, wherein the different item identifier for the different portion of the content is at least one of data that identifies the third user or text that describes the different portion of the content that is rendered on the apparatus of the contact.

89. A method comprising:

determining, on an apparatus, a message received from an apparatus of a first user, wherein the message comprises portion data that indicates a portion of content associated with the first user, and data that indicates a second user; and

causing, at least in part, actions that result in

rendering the portion of the content on an apparatus of the second user, and

prompting the second user for associating, with the portion data, an item identifier, wherein the item identifier indicates an identifier for the portion of the content.

90. A method of claim 89, further comprising, if the apparatus of the second user receives the item identifier, causing, at least in part, actions that result in sending the item identifier to the apparatus of the first user.

91. A method of claim 89, wherein the item identifier is at least one of data that identifies a third user in the portion of the content that is rendered or text that describes the portion of the content that is rendered.

92. 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 to perform at least the following,

determine data that associates a first user with a content identifier, wherein the content identifier indicates content provided by a different second user; and

cause, at least in part, actions that result in recording authorization data, wherein the authorization data indicates the first user is authorized to associate a different third user with the content identifier, without further input by the second user.

93. An apparatus of claim 92, wherein the content identifier further indicates a plurality of contents provided by the second user.

94. An apparatus claim 93, wherein the plurality of contents provided by the second user are determined based on context data associated with each content of the plurality of contents.

95. 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:

determine data that associates a first user with a content identifier, wherein the content identifier indicates content provided by a different second user, and

cause, at least in part, actions that result in recording authorization data, wherein the authorization data indicates the first user is authorized to associate a different third user with the content identifier, without further input by the second user.

96. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 95, wherein the content identifier further indicates a plurality of contents provided by the second user.

97. A computer-readable storage medium of claim 96, the apparatus is further caused to determine on a second apparatus the plurality of contents provided by the second user based on context data associated with each content of the plurality of contents.