Context based media content presentation

• US 8,725,712 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2007
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Arrasvuori, Juha Henrik
• Primary Examiner(s): Mahmoudi, Tony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US11/826,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,493 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/587 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/907 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

The invention allows location and other context based presentation of media content while capturing new content with a mobile device. First media content is captured with the mobile device located at a current location. A current context of the mobile device is determined. Second media content is retrieved based on the determined current context of the mobile device. Then, the captured first media content is presented concurrently with the retrieved second media content.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

capturing a live first media content with a digital camera included in a mobile device at a current location, the mobile device being a personal portable mobile communication device, said first media content including image data;

determining a current context of the mobile device, the current context including at least current location coordinates of the mobile device and orientation of a viewfinder of the camera while capturing the first media content, the orientation of the viewfinder being defined by a tilt angle of the camera;

retrieving a second media content based on the determined current context of the mobile device, said second media content including image data; and

presenting on a display of the mobile device the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content,

wherein the first and second media content have the same location coordinates and the same orientation of a respective camera while capturing the media content.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the orientation of the viewfinder of the camera is determined with an electronic compass or a sensor device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the current context of the mobile device further comprises at least one of current date, season at the current location, an identification of a user of the mobile device, and a zoom ratio of the mobile device while capturing the first media content,

wherein the first and second media content have the same identification of the user of the mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the identification of the user of the mobile device includes a telephony subscriber identification.

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

utilizing a media content consumption history of a user to determine which one or more pieces of second media content to present to the user, wherein the current context of the mobile device further comprises the media content consumption history including second media content consumption by the user of the mobile device, the consumption having been monitored over a period of time.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the retrieving of the second media content is performed by retrieving the second media content over a wireless link from a media database arranged in a data network.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the retrieving of the second media content is performed by retrieving the second media content from a media storage arranged in the mobile device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the retrieving of the second media content is performed by retrieving at least one piece of the second media content pre-associated with the current context of the mobile device.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the presenting of the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content is performed by concurrently displaying the captured first media content in a first portion of a split display and the retrieved second media content in a second portion of the split display.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the presenting of the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content is performed by concurrently displaying the retrieved second media content and the captured first media content using at least one overlay.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first media content depicts a given tourist attraction at a given location, and the second media content includes at least one of a scanned newspaper article image depicting the tourist attraction, an audio clip from a movie scene depicting the tourist attraction, and a video clip from a movie scene depicting the tourist attraction.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second media content comprises at least one of a video clip, an audio clip, and an image.

13. A mobile device, 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 mobile device to perform at least the following,

capture a live first media content with a digital camera included in the mobile device at a current location, said first media content including image data;

determine a current context of the mobile device, the current context including at least current location coordinates of the mobile device and orientation of a viewfinder of the camera while capturing the first media content, the orientation of the viewfinder being defined by a tilt angle of the camera;

retrieve a second media content based on the determined current context of the mobile device, said second media content including image data; and

present on a display of the mobile device the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content,

wherein the mobile device is a personal portable mobile communication device, and

the first and second media content have the same location coordinates and the same orientation of a respective camera while capturing the media content.

14. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the orientation of the viewfinder of the camera is determined with an electronic compass or a sensor device.

15. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the current context of the mobile device further comprises at least one of current date, season at the current location, an identification of a user of the mobile device, and a zoom ratio of the mobile device while capturing the first media content,

wherein the first and second media content have the same identification of the user of the mobile device.

16. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further caused to utilize a media content consumption history of a user to determine which one or more pieces of second media content to present to the user,

wherein the current context of the mobile device further comprises the media content consumption history including the second media content consumption by the user of the mobile device, the consumption having been monitored over a period of time.

17. The mobile device according to claim 16, wherein the mobile device is further caused to receive the information about second media content consumption from a media content consumption monitor monitoring the second media content consumption of the user of the mobile device.

18. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further caused to perform the retrieving of the second media content by retrieving the second media content over a wireless link from a media database arranged in a data network.

19. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further caused to perform the retrieving of the second media content by retrieving the second media content from an internal media storage.

20. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further caused to perform the retrieving of the second media content by retrieving at least one piece of the second media content pre-associated with the current context of the mobile device.

21. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further caused to perform the presenting of the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content by concurrently displaying the captured first media content in a first portion of a split display and the retrieved second media content in a second portion of the split display.

22. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the mobile device is further caused to perform the presenting of the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content by concurrently displaying the retrieved second media content and the captured first media content using at least one overlay.

23. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the first media content depicts a given tourist attraction at a given location, and the second media content includes at least one of a scanned newspaper article image depicting the tourist attraction, an audio clip from a movie scene depicting the tourist attraction, and a video clip from a movie scene depicting the tourist attraction.

24. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the second media content comprises at least one of a video clip, an audio clip, and an image.

25. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a mobile device to at least perform the following steps,

capturing a live first media content with a digital camera included in the mobile device at a current location, said first media content including image data;

determining a current context of the mobile device, the current context including at least current location coordinates of the mobile device and orientation of a viewfinder of the camera while capturing the first media content, the orientation of the viewfinder being defined by a tilt angle of the camera;

retrieving a second media content based on the determined current context of the mobile device, said second media content including image data; and

presenting on a display of the mobile device the captured first media content concurrently with the retrieved second media content,

wherein the mobile device being a personal portable mobile communication device, and

the first and second media content have the same location coordinates and the same orientation of a respective camera while capturing the media content.