Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing activity coordination services

• US 8,291,018 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Petersen, Felix, Kellner, Stefan, Hartl, Klaus, Follmann, Andreas, Birkenback, Katharina, Wang, Jeanny
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miah, Razu
• Application Number:
  US12/241,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,477 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207, 455/422.1, 4554561-4563, 705/7, 705/14
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided, which may provide activity coordination services. An apparatus may include a processor configured to receive a request for a context-sensitive calendar. The request may comprise an indication of an associated context. The processor may also be configured to determine the context associated with the received request. The processor may further be configured to aggregate one or more information atoms based at least in part upon the determined context. The processor may additionally be configured to generate a context-sensitive calendar comprising the aggregated information atoms. The processor may also be configured to provide the generated context-sensitive calendar to a user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for a context-sensitive calendar, the request comprising a request for creation of a new activity and further comprising an indication of an associated context, the indication of the associated context comprising an indication of a location associated with the new activity, wherein the request is associated with a user;

determining the context associated with the received request to comprise activity information based at least in part on the indication of the location;

aggregating one or more information atoms based at least in part upon the determined context, the aggregated information atoms being selected based at least in part upon the determined context from information atoms compiled from data received from a community of users, the aggregated information atoms comprising one or more contacts of the user scheduled to be located in a predefined proximity to the location associated with the new activity within a predefined time window of a time associated with the new activity;

generating, by a processor, a context-sensitive calendar comprising the aggregated information atoms; and

causing the generated context-sensitive calendar to be provided to the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the aggregated information atoms further comprise one or more activities scheduled to occur at the location within a predefined time window.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the one or more activities scheduled to occur at the location comprise at least one activity created by a second user, wherein the user is not scheduled to participate in the activity created by the second user at the time of the request.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more contacts of the user comprise one or more contacts of the user scheduled to be located in a town, city, municipality, county, state, region, or country associated with the location associated with the new activity within the predefined time window.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the indication of the associated context further comprises an indication of a contact; and

determining the context associated with the received request comprises determining the context to further comprise contact information.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein aggregating one or more information atoms comprises aggregating one or more activities in which the indicated contact is scheduled to participate within a predefined time window.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein aggregating one or more information atoms comprises aggregating one or more places at which the indicated contact is scheduled to be located within a predefined time window.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more information atoms comprise information about one or more of a contact, a place, or an activity.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the generated context-sensitive calendar to be provided to the user comprises causing the context-sensitive calendar to be displayed in a viewing agent on a display device.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein aggregating one or more information atoms comprises aggregating one or more information atoms stored in a memory.

11. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

causing a cascading date range selector to be provided to enable the user to select one or more of a date or time for the new activity.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the cascading date range selector comprises an option, which when selected, causes a time for the new activity to be selected as a current time.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the cascading date range selector comprises an option, which when selected causes a date for the new activity to be selected as a current date and enables the user to define a time window for the new activity on the present date.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the cascading date range selector comprises an option, which when selected causes a date for the new activity to be selected as the day after a current date and enables the user to define a time window for the new activity on the day after the current date.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the cascading date range selector comprises an option, which when selected, enables the user to select a date and time window for the activity.

16. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program instructions comprising:

program instructions configured to receive a request for a context-sensitive calendar, the request comprising a request for creation of a new activity and further comprising an indication of an associated context, the indication comprising an indication of a location associated with the new activity, wherein the request is associated with a user;

program instructions configured to determine the context associated with the received request to comprise activity information based at least in part on the indication of the location;

program instructions configured to aggregate one or more information atoms based at least in part upon the determined context, the aggregated information atoms being selected based at least in part upon the determined context from information atoms compiled from data received from a community of users, the aggregated information atoms comprising one or more contacts of the user scheduled to be located in a predefined proximity to the location associated with the new activity within a predefined time window of a time associated with the new activity;

program instructions configured to generate a context-sensitive calendar comprising the aggregated information atoms; and

program instructions configured to cause the generated context-sensitive calendar to be provided to the user.

17. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the aggregated information atoms further comprise one or more activities scheduled to occur at the location within a predefined time window.

18. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the one or more contacts of the user comprise one or more contacts of the user scheduled to be located in a town, city, municipality, county, state, region, or country associated with the location associated with the new activity within the predefined time window.

19. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein:

the indication of the associated context further comprises an indication of a contact; and

the program instructions configured to determine the context comprise program instructions configured to determine the context to further comprise contact information.

20. The computer program product according to claim 19, wherein the program instructions configured to aggregate one or more information atoms comprise program instructions configured to aggregate one or more activities in which the indicated contact is scheduled to participate within a predefined time window.

21. The computer program product according to claim 19, wherein the program instructions configured to aggregate one or more information atoms comprise program instructions configured to aggregate one or more places at which the indicated contact is scheduled to be located within a predefined time window.

22. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the program instructions configured to cause the context-sensitive calendar to be provided to the user comprise program instructions configured to cause the context-sensitive calendar to be displayed in a viewing agent on a display device.

23. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:

receive a request for a context-sensitive calendar, the request comprising a request for creation of a new activity and further comprising an indication of an associated context, the indication of the associated context comprising an indication of a location associated with the new activity, wherein the request is associated with a user;

determine the context associated with the received request to comprise activity information based at least in part on the indication of the location;

aggregate one or more information atoms based at least in part upon the determined context, the aggregated information atoms being selected based at least in part upon the determined context from information atoms compiled from data received from a community of users, the aggregated information atoms comprising one or more contacts of the user scheduled to be located in a predefined proximity to the location associated with the new activity within a predefined time window of a time associated with the new activity;

generate a context-sensitive calendar comprising the aggregated information atoms; and

cause the generated context-sensitive calendar to be provided to the user.

24. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the aggregated information atoms further comprise one or more activities scheduled to occur at the location within a predefined time window.

25. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the one or more contacts of the user comprise one or more contacts of the user scheduled to be located in a town, city, municipality, county, state, region, or country associated with the location associated with the new activity within the predefined time window.

26. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the indication of the associated context further comprises an indication of a contact;

and

wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to determine the context associated with the received request to further comprise contact information.

27. The apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to aggregate one or more information atoms at least in part by aggregating one or more activities in which the indicated contact is scheduled to participate within a predefined time window.

28. The apparatus according to claim 26, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to aggregate one or more information atoms at least in part by aggregating one or more places at which the indicated contact is scheduled to be located within a predefined time window.

29. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the one or more information atoms comprise information about one or more of a contact, a place, or an activity.

30. The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to cause the generated context-sensitive calendar to be provided to the user by causing the context-sensitive calendar to be displayed in a viewing agent on a display device.